Susan Oleksiw

Susan Oleksiw is the author of three mystery series. The most recent is The Pioneer Valley series featuring farmer and healer Felicity O'Brien. Set in Central Massachusetts, the series follows the small community of West Woodbury through murder, fires, floods, and keeping the farm going.

The Anita Ray series features Indian American Anita Ray, photographer, who lives in India at her aunt's tourist hotel. Anita's adventures take the reader into the little-known world of life in India beyond the tourist hotel and main streets.

The Mellingham series of crime novels feature Chief of Police Joe Silva in the small town of Mellingham, with its quirky residents living along the New England coast.

Susan has also written extensively on crime fiction. Find her essays in The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing and her favorite books in A Reader's Guide to the Classic British Mystery.