Susan Conant is an American mystery writer best known for her ''Dog Lover's Mysteries'' series, featuring magazine writer Holly Winter. Conant graduated from

Radcliffe College Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and functioned as the female coordinate institution for the all-male Harvard College. Considered founded in 1879, it was one of the Seven Sisters colleges and he ...

with a degree in social relations, and a doctorate from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

in human development. She is active in Alaskan Malamute Rescue and is a three-time recipient of the Dog Writers Association of America's Maxwell Award for Fiction Writing. She is also the author of the ''Cat Lover's Mysteries'' series and co-author with daughter Jessica Conant-Park of the ''Gourmet Girl Mysteries'' series.

Publications

''Dog Lover's Mysteries''

* ''A New Leash on Death'' (1990) * ''Dead and Doggone'' (1990) * ''A Bite of Death'' (1991) * ''Paws Before Dying'' (1991) * ''Gone to the Dogs'' (1992) * ''Bloodlines'' (1992) * ''Ruffly Speaking'' (1994) * ''Black Ribbon'' (1995) * ''Stud Rites'' (1996) * ''Animal Appetite'' (1997) * ''The Barker Street Regulars'' (1998) * ''Evil Breeding'' (1999) * ''Creature Discomforts'' (2001) (paperback) * ''The Wicked Flea'' (2002) (paperback) * ''The Dogfather'' (2003) (paperback) * ''Bride and Groom'' (2004) (paperback) * ''Gaits of Heaven'' (2006) (hardcover) * ''All Shots'' (2007) (hardcover) * ''Brute Strength'' (2011) (hardcover) * ''Sire and Damn'' (2015) (paperback)

''Cat Lover's Mysteries''

* ''Scratch the Surface'' (2005) about sleuth Felicity; cats Edith & Brigitte

''Gourmet Girl Mysteries''

Co-written with daughter Jessica Conant-Park. * ''Steamed'' * ''Simmer Down'' * ''Turn Up the Heat''

References

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