Karen Odden

KAREN ODDEN received her PhD in English literature from New York University and has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. She formerly served as an assistant editor for the academic journal Victorian Literature and Culture. Her debut novel, A Lady in the Smoke, was a USA Today bestseller. Her second Victorian mystery, A Dangerous Duet (November 2018, Harper Collins) won for Best Historical Fiction at the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. Her third book, A TRACE OF DECEIT was released on December 17, 2019 (Harper Collins).