USA Today bestselling novelist Karen Odden earned her PhD in English at NYU, writing her dissertation on the discursive origins of trauma and PTSD in Victorian railway disasters in novels, medical treatises, and legal texts. She taught English literature at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has written introductions for novels for the Barnes and Noble Classics Series, and edited for the academic journal Victorian Literature and Culture (published by Cambridge University Press). All of her novels are set in 1870s London, with seedy Whitechapel, the rowdy music halls, dangerous railway accidents, and the smelly Thames River.

Her first three novels, A LADY IN THE SMOKE, A DANGEROUS DUET, AND A TRACE OF DECEIT each feature a different young woman protagonist who is drawn into a mystery when someone she loves is injured or murdered. They have all won awards for historical mystery and historical fiction. Her newest book, DOWN A DARK RIVER, is about a former thief and bare knuckles boxer named Michael Corravan, who becomes an inspector at Scotland Yard. Her next book is the sequel, UNDER A VEILED MOON.

Karen is a recipient of a grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and a member of both Arizona chapters of Sisters in Crime, Grand Canyon Writers and Desert Sleuths, where she serves as the programming chair for 2022. She also assists with the social media group at Sisters in Crime National. Her e-newsletter publishes every 6 weeks, featuring exclusive content and essays and giveaways by guest authors. You can connect with Karen at www.karenodden.com.

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