G G Fickling

The husband and wife writing team of Gloria and Forest Fickling (under the pseudonym G.G. Fickling), wrote eleven mystery novels featuring Honey West. The character is notable as being one of the first female private detectives in popular fiction. She first appeared in the 1957 book This Girl for Hire and would appear in nine novels before being retired in the mid-1960s, with two comeback novels in 1971. Though Skip Fickling (1925-1998) did most of the writing, he said ideas from his wife...See more

The husband and wife writing team of Gloria and Forest Fickling (under the pseudonym G.G. Fickling), wrote eleven mystery novels featuring Honey West. The character is notable as being one of the first female private detectives in popular fiction. She first appeared in the 1957 book This Girl for Hire and would appear in nine novels before being retired in the mid-1960s, with two comeback novels in 1971. Though Skip Fickling (1925-1998) did most of the writing, he said ideas from his wife Gloria (G.G. were her maiden name initials) helped make the female character more plausible and gave her a good dress sense. See less