Joanne Dobson--Writer, Teacher, Speaker
Joanne Dobson

Book Events
Death Without Tenure




1/​24/​10, 4:30: Hudson Valley Writers Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY

2/​4/​10, 7 p.m.: Ridgefield Public Library, Ridgefield, CT

2/​6/​10, 1 p.m.: Book Cove, Pawling, NY

2/​9/​10, 7 p.m.: Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Scottsdale, AZ

2/​20/​10, 10 a.m.: Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Oakmont, PA

3/​10/​10, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA

3/​11-3/​14, Left Coast Crime Conference, Los Angeles, CA

4/​1/​10, Longfellow Books, Portland, ME

4/​23-24, Newburyport Literary Festival, Newburyport, MA

4/​30-5/​2, Malice Domestic Conference, Washington, DC

5/​3/​10, Festival of Mystery, Oakmont, PA

Week of 5/​9, Foul Play Bookstore, Westerville, OH
(Date and time TBA)

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Most of you know me as the author of the Professor Karen Pelletier mystery series set at Enfield College, a small elite campus in New England, where the curriculum seems to offer a major in murder.

As well as finding information about my mystery series on this site, you will also learn about my scholarly work on American women's literature, especially on Emily Dickinson. Until recently an English professor at Fordham University, I now offer tallks and classes at libraries, colleges, writers centers, and book groups.

Most recently, I participated in two weeks of National-Endowment-for-the-Humanities workshops on Emily Dickinson at Amherst College, and, also at Amherst, I taught a full-day Fulbright program on Dickinson and American poetry. In January, I will be giving a workshop on Writing Mystery Fiction at the Stone Coast MFA program at the University of Southern Maine.

Currently I teach How to Write Pageturning Fiction at the Hudson Valley Writers Center in Sleepy Hollow, NY. For other program offerings, see the Programs section of this website.