and her short films have been screened in festivals around the world. Limoncelli also writes plays, screenplays, poetry, games, mysteries, and science fiction and has taught writing and filmmaking for more than three decades at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
[My Book, The Movie: The Four Queens of Crime; The Page 69 Test: The Four Queens of Crime; Q&A with Rosanne Limoncelli; Writers Read: Rosanne Limoncelli (July 2026); My Book, The Movie: The Spiral; The Page 69 Test: The Spiral; Writers Read: Rosanne Limoncelli (October 2026)]
Limoncelli's new novel is The Spiral.
At CrimeReads the author tagged seven essential 1970s NYC noir books and films. One title on the list:
Judith Rossner, Looking for Mr. GoodbarRead about the other titles on Limoncelli's list at CrimeReads.
This novel was inspired by true events and starts at the very beginning of the life story of Theresa from the Bronx, a woman who has been on a downhill journeysince childhood. Her life is articulated in a way that pulls us right alongside her, through her unlucky life events, misguided experiences, poor decision-making, and damaging self-treatment, all giving a realistic understanding of what it was like to live in that era. It is the full backstory of a dedicated teacher and lonely lost soul, in the film played brilliantly by Diane Keaton, as she consistently puts herself in dangerous situations that finally lead to the tragic ending.
Adapted for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks, he gives the story a thriller angle with a slightly different focus. Read the book first, and Theresa’s story will resonate even more forcefully.
Looking for Mr. Goodbar is among Wendy Walker's six most memorable bad dates in literature.
--Marshal Zeringue
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