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Edith Mary Skom (née Rosen; August 8, 1929 – February 3, 2016) was the author of three detective novels with a nineteenth-century literature theme, published between 1989 and 1998. The books feature amateur sleuth Professor Beth Austen, and take place at the fictional "Midwestern University."[1][2]

Edith Skom was a Distinguished Senior Lecturer Emeritus in The Writing Program at Northwestern University.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Northwestern Writing Professor Edith Rosen Skom Dies: Northwestern University News". Archived from the original on 2016-02-10.
  2. ^ "Edith Skom Obituary - Skokie, IL - Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune.
  3. ^ "People, the Writing Program, WCAS, Northwestern University". Archived from the original on 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2012-07-31.


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