Cynthia Kuhn

Cynthia Guerrera Kuhn (born 1965) is an American writer and editor of mystery fiction and a Professor of English at the Metropolitan State University of Denver, where she teaches Creative Writing, Film and Media studies, and Literature.

Kuhn was born and raised in Upstate New York and presently lives in Colorado.

Awards and honors

Publications

Anthologies edited Styling Texts: Dress and Fashion in Literature, edited alongside Cindy L. Carlson (2007) Reading Chuck Palahniuk: American Monsters and Literary Mayhem, edited alongside Lance Rubin (2009)

Lila Maclean Academic Mystery series The Semester of Our Discontent (2016) The Art of Vanishing (2017) The Spirit in Question (2018) The Subject of Malice (2019) The Study of Secrets (2020)

Short stories "The Blue Ribbon" in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible

Standalone books Self-Fashioning in Margaret Atwood's Fiction: Dress, Culture, and Identity (2005)

Starlit Bookshop Mystery series How to Book a Murder (2021) In the Event of Murder (2024) Save the Date for Murder (expected TBD)