Susan Van Kirk

Susan Van Kirk taught thirty-four years at Monmouth High School (1968-2002) and another ten years at Monmouth College (2001-2011).

Her first book was a creative nonfiction memoir with fifteen stories about her teaching life called "The Education of a Teacher (Including Dirty Books and Pointed Looks)." A new edition is in the works for 2026.

Her mysteries began with her Endurance series, a cozy series about the small, Midwest town of Endurance and Grace Kimball, retired school teacher. This series includes "Three May Keep a Secret," "Marry in Haste," The Locket: From the Casebook of TJ Sweeney," "Death Takes No Bribes," and "The Witch's Child." The latest book in the series, "Fabric of Lies," will be out December 2025.The entire series has been republished by Harlequin Worldwide Mystery. "A Death at Tippitt Pond" is a standalone mystery. Van Kirk's Art Center Mysteries consist of "Death in a Pale Hue," [2022] from Level Best Books, "Death in a Bygone Hue," [June 2023] and "Death in a Ghostly Hue," [June 2024].

Van Kirk is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and is the past president of the Guppy Chapter, an online chapter of Sisters in Crime.

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