Dobson, Joanne

Joanne Dobson is the author of the Professor Karen Pelletier mystery series from Doubleday and Poisoned Pen Press.She won an Agatha nomination for QUIETER THAN SLEEP, the first book in the series, the novels have been widely reviewed, including in the NEW YORK TIMES, and in 2001 the adult - readers division of the New York Library Association named her Noted Author of the Year, as the writer whose books they most enjoyed recommending to their patrons.For many years Joanne was an English Professor at Fordham University, teaching literature and creative writing.Her scholarly research and writing focused on Emily Dickinson and on the popular fiction of 19th-century American women writers.She now writes full-time and teaches creative writing at the Hudson Valley Writers Center.;