Born and raised in New England, Suzanne Young has worked as a writer, an editor and a computer programmer/analyst since earning her degree in English from the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. Among her publishing credits is the first chapter in POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, chronicling the evolution of police performance measures in the U.S. A resident of Colorado for over 50 years, Suzanne retired from software development in the fall of 2010 to write fiction full time. A member of Denver Woman's Press Club, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and Sisters in Crime, she is also a graduate of the Arvada (Colorado) Citizens Police Academy.
Learn more about Suzanne at www.SuzanneYoungBooks.com. Visit the "Signings" page to learn of upcoming events, as well as to view photos of past appearances and television interviews.
As for the mystery series ... In her debut, MURDER BY YEW, Rhode Islander Edna Davies, an amateur herbalist, becomes the prime suspect when her handyman dies of taxine poisoning. Nearly certain that she hadn't concocted a poisonous potion and desperate to save herself from arrest, Edna taps into strengths she never before realized she possessed. Shunned by the townsfolk, questioned by the police, and threatened by thieves, she follows the clues of a forty-year-old disappearance to capture a killer.
Since freeing herself from suspicion for that first encounter with the law, Edna has become quite adept at searching out answers. Come follow her misadventures through more mysterious murders and help her discover "who dun it."
Proceeds from Suzanne's book sales help to benefit Guiding Eyes for the Blind and local animal rescue shelters.
