Susan Cohen Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-0059

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Collection Overview

Abstract

The Susan Cohen Papers consist of manuscript materials for three novels published by the author under the name Elizabeth St. Clair. The materials date from around 1976-1979.

Dates

Creation: 1977, 1979, undated

Extent

0.37 Cubic Feet (1 archives box.)

Creator

Cohen, Susan, 1938- (Person)

Scope and Contents

The Susan Cohen Papers consist of manuscript materials for three novels written by the author under the name Elizabeth St. Clair. Two- De Witt Manor (1977) and The Jeweled Secret (1978) are gothic romances, while the third, Murder in the Act (1978) is a contemporary mystery.

Biographical / Historical

Susan Cohen was born in Chicago in 1938. Cohen earned a B.A. degree from the New School for Social Research in 1960 and an M.S.W. degree from Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, in 1962. She worked as a social worker in the mid-1960s before writing ''The Liberated Couple'', a feminist tract, in 1971. She wrote eleven gothic romances and mysteries under the penname Elizabeth St. Clair between 1974 and 1981.Susan is married to Illinois author Daniel Cohen. They began collaborating on books in 1982 to help alleviate Daniel's workload. They have written books primarily on popular entertainment, advice for teenagers, and animals. The Cohens currently live in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.

(Biography from the Illinois Center for the Book)

Conditions Governing Access

No known access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

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