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Cynthia Kuhn

しんしあ・くーん

Shinshia Kūn

Aliases: Cynthia Guerrera Kuhn

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1965 （Upstate New York）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Upstate New York → Colorado

Career

Occupations
writer, editor, Professor of English
Active Years
2005-2024
Affiliations
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Nominations
Lefty Award (Humorous Mystery Novel) - The Art of Vanishing (2018, Shortlisted), Agatha Award (Short Story) - The Blue Ribbon (2019, Shortlisted), Lefty Award (Humorous Mystery Novel) - The Spirit in Question (2019, Shortlisted), Lefty Award - The Study of Secrets (2021, Shortlisted), Lefty Award - How to Book a Murder (2022, Shortlisted)

Awards

Agatha Award
2016
Work: The Semester of Our Discontent
Category: Best First Novel
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Semester of Our Discontent

2016 Academic Mystery

Lila Maclean academic mystery series debut.

academiamurdermystery

The Art of Vanishing

2017 Academic Mystery

Second in Lila Maclean series.

vanishingartmystery

How to Book a Murder

2021 Bookshop Mystery

First in Starlit Bookshop Mystery series.

bookshopmurdersecrets

Bibliography

  • Styling Texts: Dress and Fashion in Literature (2007)
  • Reading Chuck Palahniuk: American Monsters and Literary Mayhem (2009)
  • Self-Fashioning in Margaret Atwood's Fiction: Dress, Culture, and Identity (2005)
  • The Semester of Our Discontent (2016)
  • The Art of Vanishing (2017)
  • The Spirit in Question (2018)
  • The Subject of Malice (2019)
  • The Study of Secrets (2020)
  • How to Book a Murder (2021)
  • In the Event of Murder (2024)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
humorousacademic mysterycozy mystery
Recurring Motifs
university lifebooksfashion

Legacy

Award-winning mystery author and professor known for academic mysteries.

Trivia

  • Won Agatha Award for Best First Novel.
  • Multiple Lefty Award nominations.