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Susanna Calkins

Susanna Calkins
SUSANNA CALKINS, author of the award-winning Lucy Campion series and the Speakeasy Mysteries, holds a PhD in history and teaches at the college level. Her historical mysteries have been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark and Agatha awards, among many others, and The Masque of a Murderer received a Macavity. Originally from Philadelphia, Calkins now lives in the Chicago area with her husband and two sons. Her latest novel, The Fate of a Flapper, is now available.


The Roaring Twenties—Prohibition, Cocktails, Crime and….Mystery Plays?

A run of murder mystery plays, many based on recent sensational real-life crimes, spiced up theater life in 1920s Chicago.

August 4, 2020  By Susanna Calkins
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