Susan Conant

Susan Conant is a renowned American author, celebrated for her cozy mystery novels. She has penned the Dog Lover's Mysteries and the Gourmet Girl Mysteries, the latter in collaboration with her daughter, Jessica Conant-Park. Conant's educational background is impressive, having graduated from Radcliffe College and subsequently earning her doctorate in human development from Harvard.

Beyond her professional accomplishments, Conant is known for her deep involvement with the Alaskan Malamute Rescue of New England. This interest in Alaskan Malamutes is also reflected in her writing, with these beautiful dogs often featuring in her works. Conant's love for animals, particularly dogs, is a recurring theme in her biography, with her childhood best friends being pointers named Stuffy and Nonny.

There is a notable connection between Susan Conant and her daughter, Jessica Park, also a successful author. Park, who writes under the name Jessica Conant-Park when collaborating with her mother, is Conant's daughter in real life. The two authors have combined their talents to create the Gourmet Girl Mysteries, a series that has been well-received by readers.

Conant was born in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts and spent her childhood with imaginary companions, a cat named Thirsty Melirsty Medrinkable, a family of dogs, and parents known as Mommy and Daddy Suh. This early fascination with creating characters and narratives has evidently translated into a successful career as a mystery writer. Currently, Conant resides just outside Boston with her husband, a clinical psychologist, and their Alaskan malamute, Django, and two Chartreux cats, Kansas City and Shadow Celeste. The cats in her novel 'Scratch the Surface' are portraits of her own Chartreux, further illustrating the personal touch she brings to her writing.
Cat Lover's Mysteries Books
# Title Year
1 Scratch the Surface 2005
Dog Lover's Mysteries Books
# Title Year
1 A New Leash on Death 1990
2 Dead and Doggone 1990
3 A Bite of Death 1991
4 Paws Before Dying 1991
5 Gone to the Dogs 1992
6 Bloodlines 1992
7 Ruffly Speaking 1994
8 Black Ribbon 1994
9 Stud Rites 1996
10 Animal Appetite 1997
11 Evil Breeding 1999
12 The Barker Street Regulars 1999
13 Creature Discomforts 2000
14 The Wicked Flea 2002
15 The Dogfather 2003
16 Bride & Groom 2005
17 Gaits of Heaven 2006
18 All Shots 2007
19 Brute Strength 2011
20 Sire and Damn 2015
Dog Lover's Mysteries Collections
# Title Year
1 Two Vintage Holly Winter Stories 2010
A Gourmet Girl Mystery Books (with Jessica Conant-Park)
# Title Year
1 Steamed 2006
2 Simmer Down 2007
3 Turn Up the Heat 2008
4 Fed Up 2009
5 Cook the Books 2010