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Susan Wittig Albert, also known by the pen names Robin Paige and Carolyn Keene,[1] is an American mystery writer from Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. Albert was an academic and the first female vice president of Southwest Texas State University before retiring to become a fulltime writer.[2]

Susan Wittig Albert
Wittig Albert at the 2007 Texas Book Festival
BornVermilion County, Illinois, United States
Pen nameRobin Paige, Carolyn Keene
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
GenreMystery
Notable worksChina Bayles Mysteries
SpouseBill Albert
Children3
Website
susanalbert.com

Early life and education


Albert grew up in downstate Illinois, attending Danville High School before moving to the nearby community of Bismarck, where she graduated. She earned a degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley. She became a professor of English at the University of Texas, Austin and was a university administrator at Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans and vice president for academic affairs at Southwest Texas State University.[1] She also writes a column for Country Living Gardener magazine.

Her writing career has included the Nancy Drew mysteries under the pen name Carolyn Keene in the 1980s.[3]


Career


By the 1990s, Albert wrote Thyme of Death, her first China Bayles novel. The book was nominated for two national mystery awards, the 1992 Agatha award and the 1993 Anthony award in the "Best First Novel" category.[4][5]

The titles of all the China Bayles novels include the names of herbs and include herbal themes that invoke the title. Albert is a guest speaker at both herbal clubs and women's groups around the country. She describes her books as "cozy mysteries" because they do not contain much violence or gratuitous behavior.

Albert and her husband, Bill,[6] have also co-written The Robin Paige Victorian Mysteries, a series of a dozen mysteries set in the late Victorian era. Albert is 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 of land in the Texas Hill Country.[7]


Bibliography



Fiction



The China Bayles mysteries


The China Bayles herbal mystery series centers around the title character's deductive reasoning and knowledge as an herbalist and ex-lawyer, who solves murders with her best friend, Ruby Wilcox, owner of a New Age shop.[8]


The Pecan Springs Enterprise Trilogy

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


The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter



The Robin Paige Victorian-Edwardian mysteries


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


The Darling Dahlias mysteries


Takes place in a fictitious town called Darling, Alabama during the 1930s. Centers on a group of amateur, mystery solving women in a garden club called the Darling Dahlias.


Nonfiction



References


  1. Lindsay, Elizabeth Blakesley (2007). Great Women Mystery Writers (2nd ed.). Greenwood Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-313-33428-3.
  2. Kleiman, Carol (September 27, 1992). "'Best' job may be found by walking out the office door". Chicago Tribune. p. 79.
  3. "National best-selling mystery author to visit Marshall". Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois). September 23, 2008. p. 9. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  4. "Malice Domestic Convention - Bethesda, MD". Malicedomestic.org. August 23, 1988. Archived from the original on April 12, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  5. "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention: Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon.info. October 2, 2003. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  6. Partners in Crime HQ (official site)
  7. "Susan Wittig Albert NYT Bestselling Author". Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  8. Swanson, Jean; James, Dean (1998). Killer Books: A Reader's Guide to Exploring the Popular World of Mystery and Suspense. New York: Berkley Prime Crime. ISBN 0425162184.





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