Edith Skom Explained

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.^[3]

Books

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Northwestern Writing Professor Edith Rosen Skom Dies: Northwestern University News. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160210021845/http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2016/02/northwestern-writing-professor-edith-rosen-skom-dies.html. 2016-02-10.
2. Web site: Edith Skom Obituary – Skokie, IL – Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune.
3. Web site: People, the Writing Program, WCAS, Northwestern University . 2012-07-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130109231450/http://www.writingprogram.northwestern.edu/people/skom.html . 2013-01-09 .