Edith Mary Skom (née) Rosen was born on August 8, 1929, and died on February 3, 2016.

She was a American novelist.

She was the author of three detective novels with a nineteenth-century literature theme, published between 1989 and 1998.

Her books feature amateur sleuth Professor Beth Austen, and take place at the fictional “Midwestern University.”

Mrs. Edith Skom was a Distinguished Senior Lecturer Emeritus in The Writing Program at Northwestern University.

Edith Skom passed away at 86 yrs old.