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Edith Mary Skom (née Rosen; August 8, 1929 – February 3, 2016) was the author of three detective novels with a nineteenth-century literature theme, published between 1989 and 1998. The books feature amateur sleuth Professor Beth Austen, and take place at the fictional "Midwestern University."[1][2]
Edith Skom was a Distinguished Senior Lecturer Emeritus in The Writing Program at Northwestern University where she taught for three decades. Her courses ranged from a freshman seminar to advanced writing courses. Skom's 1989 novel was "nominated for an Agatha Award, a MacCavity Award and an Anthony Award."[3]
Books
[edit]- The Mark Twain Murders, 1989 (nominated for an Agatha, an Anthony and a Macavity Award)
- The George Eliot Murders, 1995
- The Charles Dickens Murders, 1998
References
[edit]- ↑ "Northwestern Writing Professor Edith Rosen Skom Dies: Northwestern University News". Archived from the original on 2016-02-10.
- ↑ "Edith Skom Obituary – Skokie, IL – Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ "People, the Writing Program, WCAS, Northwestern University". Archived from the original on 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
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