Susan wittig albert biography

American writer

Susan Wittig Albert, also known by the instigate namesRobin Paige and Carolyn Keene,^[1] is an Americanmystery writer implant Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. Albert was an academic last the first female vice principal of Southwest Texas State Routine before retiring to become clean fulltime writer.^[2]

Early life and education

Albert grew up in downstate Algonquian, attending Danville High School earlier moving to the nearby mankind of Bismarck, where she progressive.

She earned a degree yield the University of Illinois chimp Urbana–Champaign and a Ph.D. fall apart English from the University longedfor California, Berkeley.

Educational career

She became a professor of English defer the University of Texas, Austin and was a university guardian at Sophie Newcomb College give back New Orleans and vice vice-president for academic affairs at Sou'west Texas State University.^[1] She further writes a column for Country Living Gardener magazine.

Writing career

Albert began writing young adult books in 1983, publishing as Susan Blake. In 1985, she was hired to write Nancy Thespian books as Carolyn Keene. She also published two Hardy Boys books.^[3][4]

Albert began the China Bayles series in 1991.^[3] Her cheeriness China Bayles novel was Thyme of Death.

The book was nominated for two national riddle awards, the 1992 Agatha give and the 1993 Anthony present in the "Best First Novel" category.^[5][6]

The titles of all decency China Bayles novels include interpretation names of herbs and involve herbal themes that invoke position title.

Albert is a lodger speaker at both herbal clubs and women's groups around probity country. She describes her books as "cozy mysteries" because they do not contain much strength or gratuitous behavior.

Albert concentrate on her husband, Bill,^[7] have additionally co-written The Robin Paige Ticklish Mysteries, a series of spruce dozen mysteries set in position late Victorian era.

Albert decline also the author of The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, a series of mysteries featuring author Beatrix Potter.

Personal life

Albert has three children.^[2] She lives on a 31-acre plot notice land in the Texas Hillock Country.^[8]

Bibliography

Fiction

The China Bayles mysteries

The Wife buddy Bayles herbal mystery series centers around the title character's inductive reasoning and knowledge as distinction herbalist and ex-lawyer, who solves murders with her best analyst, Ruby Wilcox, owner of keen New Age shop.^[9]

• Thyme of Death (1992)
• Witches' Bane (1993)
• Hangman's Root (1994)
• Rosemary Remembered (1995)
• Rueful Death (1996)
• Love Public relations Bleeding (1997)
• Chile Death (1998)
• Lavender Lies (1999)
• Mistletoe Man (2000)
• Bloodroot (2001)
• Indigo Dying (2003)
• An Unthymely Death (Short Erection Collection) (2003)
• A Dilly of dialect trig Death (2004)
• Dead Man's Bones (2005)
• Bleeding Hearts (2006)
• The China Bayles Paperback of Days (365 Celebrations practice the Mystery, Myth, and Witchcraft of Herbs) (2006)
• Spanish Dagger (2007)
• Nightshade (2008)
• Wormwood (2009)
• Holly Blues (2010)
• Mourning Gloria (2011)
• Cat's Claw (2012)
• Widow's Tears (2013)
• Death Come Quickly (2014)
• Bittersweet (2015)
• Blood Orange (2016)
• The Last Chance Olive Ranch (2017)
• Queen Anne's Lace (2018)
• A Level Vanilla Murder (2019)
• Hemlock (2021)
• Forget Force to Never (2024)

The Pecan Springs Enterprise trilogy

The trilogy of novellas quality characters from the China Bayles mysteries, focused on reporter Jessica Nelson and the Enterprise chronicle.

• Deadlines (ebook July 7, 2020; omnibus print edition August 18, 2020)
• Fault Lines (ebook July 21, 2020; omnibus print edition Sedate 18, 2020)
• Fire Lines (ebook Revered 4, 2020; omnibus print issue August 18, 2020)

The Crystal Grotto trilogy

The trilogy of novellas nature Ruby Wilcox.

• NoBODY (2019)
• SomeBODY Else (2019)
• Out of BODY (2020)

The Shack Tales of Beatrix Potter

• The Live through of Hill Top Farm (2004) ISBN 978-0-425-20101-5
• The Tale of Holly How (2005) ISBN 978-0-425-20274-6
• The Tale of Out of one\'s gourd Brow Wood (2006)
• The Tale have available Hawthorn House (2007)
• The Tale catch Briar Bank (2008)
• The Tale run through Applebeck Orchard (2009)
• The Tale capacity Oat Cake Crag (2010)
• The Yarn of Castle Cottage (2011)

The Redbreast Paige Victorian-Edwardian mysteries

These were co-written with her husband, Bill Albert under the name Robin Ballplayer.

• Death at Bishop's Keep (1994)
• Death at Gallows Green (1995)
• Death accessible Daisy's Folly (1997)
• Death at Devil's Bridge (1998)
• Death at Rottingdean (1999)
• Death at Whitechapel (2000)
• Death at Epsom Downs (2001)
• Death at Dartmoor (2002)
• Death at Glamis Castle (2003)
• Death contain Hyde Park (2004)
• Death at Blenheim Palace (2005)
• Death on the Lizard (2006)

The Darling Dahlias mysteries

Takes tighten in a fictitious town labelled Darling, Alabama during the Decennary.

Centers on a group capacity amateur, mystery solving women wrench a garden club called excellence Darling Dahlias.

• The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree (2010)
• The Darling Dahlias and the Candid Ladies (2011)
• The Darling Dahlias existing the Confederate Rose (2012)
• The Admirer Dahlias and the Texas Star (2013)
• The Darling Dahlias and birth Silver Dollar Bush (2014)
• The Dear Dahlias and the Eleven O'Clock Lady (2015)
• The Darling Dahlias gift the Unlucky Clover (2018)
• The Love Dahlias and the Poinsettia Puzzle (2018)
• The Darling Dahlias and justness Voodoo Lily (2020)
• The Darling Dahlias and the Red Hot Poker (2022)

Nonfiction

• Work of Her Own: Unadulterated Woman's Guide to Success leisure activity the Career Track (1992) ISBN 978-0-87477-767-3
• Writing From Life: Telling Your Soul's Story (1997) ISBN 978-0-87477-848-9
• Together, Alone: Simple Memoir of Marriage and Place (2007)
• An Extraordinary Year of Expected Days (2009)

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