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Susan Amper

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I am a Professor in the English Department at Bronx Community College of The City University of New York and the author of How to Write about Edgar Allan Poe published by Chelsea House in 2007 and reissued in 2017. Among many other topics, I have published widely on Poe’s murder mysteries in peer-reviewed journals and at academic conferences.
For general audiences, I have made a number of presentations on the mysteries, including a TEDx talk, “Poe’s Darkest Secret: He Was Kidding,” at Bergen Community College, and talks at the Poe Room at New York University. I contribute frequently to the Macmillan blog criminalelement.com, where in addition to reviews and other commentary I post on Poe’s mysteries and sundry hoaxes.

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"The Unparalleled Influence of Edgar Allan Poe on his 214th Birthday"

Today marks the 214th birthday of Edgar Allan Poe, one of the most well-known and influential figures in American literature.
1809, 19 JANUARY. BOSTON. Edgar Poe is born to Elizabeth Arnold Poe and David Poe, Jr., both actors, playing at the Boston Theatre and residing probably at No. 62 Carver Street. Poe’s mother afterward wrote on the back of her watercolor painting, “Boston Harbour, morning, 18 Read more of this blog post »

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A REFINER'S FIRE is the most recent Comissarrio Guido Brunetti mystery set in Venice. It's always wonderful to revisit Venice even if she is a bit down at the heels. Gangs have taken over the nights in parts of Venice and Brunetti is dragged into one o ...more
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Another biography of Edgar A. Poe as told through the various theories of his strange death. The book claims to offer new insight into Poe's death, but that horse has been beaten to death. The author also offers his own thoughts on Poe's life. ...more
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Classic crime novels of the early 60s including In The Murderers (1961) by Fredric Brown,Dan J. Marlowe’s The Name of the Game Is Death (1962), Charles William' thriller Dead Calm (1963), The Expendable Man (1963), Dorothy B. Hughes’s final masterpie ...more
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In EVERY LITTLE SECRET, Rowan Winterbourne lives a solitary existence in a lighthouse that she booby-trapped against intruders. She has however, failed to consider what happens when she opens the door to the trap who is Joe Grantham. She asks no ques ...more
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