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Susan Conant
I was born in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts. The
best friends of my childhood were pointers named Stuffy and
Nonny. I had imaginary companions as well: a cat named
Thirsty Melirsty Medrinkable, a family of dogs, and parents
called Mommy and Daddy Suh. Thirsty and the dog family
slowly faded away. The Suhs, however, perished suddenly;
they ate fish guts and died. My career as a mystery writer
thus began in early childhood: I invented animals, and I
killed off fictional human beings.
Now, many decades later, I live just outside Boston. My
husband is a clinical psychologist with a private practice
in Cambridge. Our daughter, Jessica, who is also my
coauthor, lives in New Hampshire with her husband and their
young son. My husband and I have an Alaskan malamute, Django
(pronounced "Jango") and two Chartreux cats, Kansas City
(K.C.) and Shadow Celeste. The malamutes in my Holly Winter
books are composites, but the cats in Scratch the Surface,
Edith and Brigitte, are portraits of my own Chartreux.
Books:
Cook the Books, February 2011
Cook the Books, March 2010
Fed Up, January 2010
Fed Up, February 2009
Turn Up the Heat, February 2009
All Shots, November 2008
Simmer Down, March 2008
Turn Up the Heat, March 2008
All Shots, November 2007
Gaits of Heaven, November 2007
Simmer Down, March 2007
Steamed, February 2007
Gaits of Heaven, November 2006
Scratch the Surface, July 2006
Steamed, March 2006
Scratch The Surface, June 2005
Animal Appetite, May 2005
Stud Rites, March 2005
Bride and Groom, January 2005
The Dogfather, February 2004
Bride and Groom, January 2004
The Wicked Flea, February 2003
A New Leash on Death, July 1996
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