"Susan Oleksiw writes the Anita Ray series featuring an Indian-American photographer living at her aunt's tourist hotel in South India (When Krishna Calls is the fourth book in the series). She also writes the Mellingham series featuring Chief of Police Joe Silva (Last Call for Justice, 2012). Her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and anthologies.
Susan is well known for articles on crime fiction. She published A Reader's Guide to the Classic British Mystery (G.K. Hall, 1988), and served as co-editor for The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing (1999).
The Anita Ray series grew out of Oleksiw's lifelong interest in India, where she lived and studied. She received a PhD in Sanskrit from the University of Pennsylvania.
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