Susan Oleksiw

Susan Oleksiw writes the Anita Ray series featuring an Indian-American photographer living in South India at her aunt's tourist hotel. In the first book in the series, Under the Eye of Kali (2010), a guest disappears and another falls unconscious. In The Wrath of Shiva (2012) and For the Love of Parvati (2014) Anita solves crimes among her extended family. When Krishna Calls (2016) finds Anita and Auntie Meena facing the loss of their hotel and everything they care about.\n\nSusan also writes the Mellingham series featuring Chief Joe Silva. Murder in Mellingham (1993), the first of seven books, introduces the reader to Chief Silva and the coastal village of Mellingham. In Last Call for Justice (2012), Joe confronts a long unsolved crime involving a member of his family. In Come About for Murder (2016), Joe teaches his stepson to sail, never suspecting the boy will soon be sailing to save his life. \n\nThe community of West Woodbury is the location for a series of short stories featuring the women in the region of small farms and forgotten corners of rural America.\n\nSusan's short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and numerous anthologies. She was co-founder of Level Best Books, which publishes an annual anthology of the best New England crime fiction. In addition, she published A Reader's Guide to the Classic British Mystery (G.K. Hall, 1988), and served as co-editor for The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing (1999). \n\nBefore she entered into a life of crime, Susan studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a PhD in Asian studies.\n\nSusan lives and writes outside Boston, MA.\nwww.susanoleksiw.com\n\n