Current Location
Colorado
Occupation(s)
Writer and professor
Biography
Cynthia Kuhn writes the Lila Maclean Academic Mysteries and Starlit Bookshop Mysteries. Her work has also appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Literary Mama, Copper Nickel, Prick of the Spindle, Mama PhD, Mystery Most Edible, Mystery Most Diabolical, and other publications. She is professor of English at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Awards/Honors
Agatha Award: Best First Novel
Agatha Awards: Shortlisted for Best Short Story
Colorado Authors League Award: Best Cozy Mystery
Daphne du Maurier Award: Shortlisted for Best Mainstream Mystery and Suspense
Lefty Award: Shortlisted for Best Humorous Mystery
Education/Training
PhD, University of Denver
MA, University of Colorado-Denver
BA, University of Kansas
Published Works Book Jackets
Organizations
Sisters in Crime (National, Online, and Colorado chapters), Mystery Writers of America (National and Rocky Mountain chapters), International Thriller Writers, Colorado Authors’ League, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Pikes Peak Writers
Speaker Topics
Literature, Creative Writing, Film, Mystery, Humor, Gothic
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