Category: Mystery

Lifespan: (January 2, 1940 - Present)

Interesting & Unique Facts: Albert was an English professor, university administrator, and vice president at Texas State University (formerly Southwest Texas State) . She writes a column for Country Living Gardener magazine.

Albert's writing career has included the Nancy Drew mysteries under the pen name Carolyn Keene in the 1980s.

Susan often writes with her husband, Bill. Susan and Bill live on 32 acres in the Texas hill country, 60 miles northwest of Austin.

Author's work in order (with publication dates):

The Cottage Tale Series

• The Tale of Hill Top Farm (2004)
• The Tale of Holly How (2005)
• The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood (2006)
• The Tale of Hawthorne House (2007)
• The Tale of Briar Bank (2008)
• The Tale of Applebeck Orchard (2009)
  
• The Tale of Oat Cake Crag (forthcoming)
• The Tale of Castle Cottage (forthcoming)
  

Robin Paige Victorian Mystery Series

• Death at Bishop's Keep (1994)
• Death at Gallows Green (1995)
• Death at Daisy's Folly (1997)
• Death at Devil's Bridge (1998)
• Death at Rottingdean (1999)
• Death at Whitechapel (2000)
• Death at Epsom Downs (2001)
• Death at Dartmoor (2002)
• Death at Glamis Castle (2003)
• Death in Hyde Park (2004)
• Death at Blenheim Palace (2005)
• Death on the Lizard (2006)

China Bayles Mystery Series

• Thyme of Death (1992)
  
• Witches' Bane (1993)
  
• Hangman's Root (1994)
  
• Rosemary Remembered (1995)
  
• Rueful Death (1996)
  
• Love Lies Bleeding (1997)
  
• Chile Death (1998)
  
• Lavender Lies (1999)
  
• Mistletoe Man (2000)
  
• Bloodroot (2001)
  
• Indigo Dying (2003)
  
• A Dilly of a Death (2004)
  
• Dead Man's Bones (2005)
  
• Bleeding Hearts (2006)
  
• An Unthymely Death [a short story collection] (2003)
  
• The China Bayles Book of Days (2006)
  
• Spanish Dagger (2007)
  
• Nightshade (2008)
• Wormwood (2009)
• Holly Blues (forthcoming)