Mystery novelist Joseph Hansen dies "Joseph Hansen, a mystery novelist known for crisp, lean prose and for creating one of his genre's first gay protagonists.
Hansen's wife, Jane Bancroft, died in 1994. He once described their relationship as that of a gay man and woman who happened to love each other. 'Here was this remarkable person who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. We were married 51 years. So something was right about it, however bizarre it may seem to the rest of the world,' he said. The couple had a daughter who later underwent gender reassignment. He is Hansen's only survivor" Gosh, and I thought our family was unusual...