Susanna Calkins

rdf:langString Susanna Calkins

rdf:langString Susanna Calkins

rdf:langString Susanna Calkins

rdf:langString Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

rdf:langString Macavity Award for Best Historical Novel, 2016

rdf:langString *Northwestern University, M.S. in education *Purdue University, M.A. and Ph.D., both in history

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rdf:langString historian

rdf:langString Mystery writer

rdf:langString college administrator

rdf:langString Susanna Calkins (born November 3, 1971) is an American writer of historical mysteries, an historian, and a university teacher and administrator. Through 2020, her publications include five mystery novels in two series, as well as a work of non-fiction about higher education. Her third novel, The Masque of a Murderer won the Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award (a Macavity Award) in 2016 for Best Historical Novel. Born in Philadelphia, Calkins attended Northwestern University, graduating with a Master of Science in education. She then went to graduate school at Purdue University, earning Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in history. Calkins was an assistant professor of history at the University of Louisville through 2003 before becoming a lecturer in higher-education administration and associate director of Searle Center for Advanced Learning & Teaching at Northwestern University. Calkins lives with her husband and two sons in the Chicago area.