About Edith Skom
Lived 1929 – 2016 (aged 86). Edith Skom was an American novelist and university teacher.
Edith Mary Skom (née Rosen; August 8, 1929 – February 3, 2016) was the author of three detective novels with a nineteenth-century literature theme, published between 1989 and 1998. The books feature amateur sleuth Professor Beth Austen, and take place at the fictional "Midwestern University."
Edith Skom was a Distinguished Senior Lecturer Emeritus in The Writing Program at Northwestern University where she taught for three decades. Her courses ranged from a freshman seminar to advanced writing courses. Skom's 1989 novel was "nominated for an Agatha Award, a MacCavity Award and an Anthony Award."
Books
The Mark Twain Murders, 1989 (nominated for an Agatha, an Anthony and a Macavity Award) The George Eliot Murders, 1995 The Charles Dickens Murders, 1998
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When was Edith Skom born?
Edith Skom was born on 8 August 1929.
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Edith Skom died on 3 February 2016.
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Edith Skom was a novelist and university teacher.
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Edith Skom was American.
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