I would like to thank the Friends of the Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, for a grant-in-aid and the Research Services Council at the University of Nebraska-Kearney for their additional support, all of which enabled me to use the extensive library resources at the University of Wisconsin and thoroughly explore the Vera Caspary Papers archived at the Wisconsin Historical Society. I am also grateful to the Authors Guild for permission to quote from Caspary’s works and unpublished manuscripts. The archive includes the drafts and revisions of The Secrets of Grown-Ups, which is far longer in manuscript than in its published version, as well as working drafts of Caspary’s published works, business and fan correspondence, and unpublished scripts and other writing.
Except for the present Feminist Press editions, all of Caspary’s books are out of print. Assorted editions of some are available from online booksellers, and some large libraries still have copies. Laura has been released on DVD, and the adaptation of The Blue Gardenia, Caspary’s screen story of a lonely telephone company worker who may or may not have killed the company masher, is available on DVD, as is Caspary’s screen adaptation of A Letter to Three Wives.