Lori Rader-Day is an American author of mystery, crime, and suspense novels. She has won three Anthony Awards (2015, 2018, 2019), a Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award (2016), and an Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel (2021).
Personal life and education
Rader-Day was born in Thorntown, Indiana and currently lives in Chicago.
She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Ball State University, Master of Arts degree in creative nonfiction from Ball State University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Roosevelt University.
Career
From 2019-2020, Rader-Day served as the national president for Sisters in Crime. She presently serves as the co-chair of the Midwest Mystery Conference.
Rader-Day also teaches creative writing for Northwestern University’s School of Professional Studies. She previously taught at Ball State University, Roosevelt University, and Yale University.
Awards and honors
In 2017, Rader-Day won the Regional Award for the Indiana Authors Awards.
Publications
The Black Hour (2014) Little Pretty Things (2015) The Day I Died (2017) Under a Dark Sky (2018) The Lucky One (2020) Death at Greenway (2021)
References
External links
Official website
21st-century American women writers
Writers from Chicago
People from Thorntown, Indiana
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people