Freethought Today

Vol. 20 No. 9 - Published by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. -
November 2003

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New Mystery Features "FFRFer"

"Friendly Neighborhood Atheist" mystery writer Jane Haddam

The latest Gregor Demarkian mystery by Jane Haddam, Conspiracy Theory (St. Martin's Minotaur, July 2003, 288 pages, $24.95), contains several references to the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Haddam, who has been a finalist for both the Anthony and the Edgar Awards, has created "my latest atheist character," a woman protagonist who is a member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

At the start of the novel, the woman "considered pinning her Freedom FROM Religion button to her sweater. . ."

She is also described as having a three-by-five card stuck in her car mirror advertising the Foundation's website: "Freedom From Religion Foundation: http://www.ffrf.org."

At her own website, Jane Haddam writes in an essay: "I'm thinking of ordering a t-shirt that says 'Friendly Neighborhood Atheist,' if only to stop people from assuming I'm not one."

November 2003 Excerpts
News Convention Coverage Commandments Create Chaos in Casper In The News In Their Own Words/Where Was God?	Articles But What About the Tooth Fairy, Mom? Raising a Healthy God-free Child in a Hopelessly God-struck Nation by Natalie Angier From Church Elder to Freethinking Traveler by George Erickson Alton Lemon Lauded for "Lemon Test" by Annie Laurie Gaylor and Margaret Downey Other Letter Box New Mystery Features "FFRFer"