Carole Shmurak, Author of The Susan Lombardi Mysteries

Other Appearances

At Old Saybrook Middle School

Carole Shmurak has frequently appeared at local libraries and schools.

 

In addition to the 24 book group meetings that she leads every year, Carole has also appeared:

 

June 27, 2023: First public talk in 4 years!

Such a Strange Lady: Dorothy L. Sayers and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction

Enfield Public Library, Enfield CT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 26, 2019:

A Celebration of Sherlock Holmes, Enfield Public Library, Enfield CT 

Talk, The Importance of Being Sherlock, plus a Sherlock Trivia Game with prizes!

Carole speaks about “The Importance of Being Sherlock” at the Enfield Public Library, February 2019

 

 

March 13, 2019: 

No More Damsels in Distress: The Development of the Fictional Female Detective, Wallingford Public Library, Wallingford CT

The first female detective appeared in fiction in 1841, well before the creation of Sherlock Holmes. Since then, detecting women have gone from young Victorian ladies to gray-haired spinsters to tough private eyes. In this talk, Carole Shmurak, Professor Emerita at Central CT State University, mystery author, and leader of the Wallingford Library Mystery Group, will discuss the ways that fictional female detectives have changed along with society’s notions of what is “a suitable job for a woman.”

 

 

 

Book Carole as a Speaker

Interested in booking Carole as a speaker or a discussion leader? Contact her here.

Chuck Micelli, Carole Shmurak, Steve Liskow, and Cori Arnold return to the Avon Public Library in July 2015
Chuck Micelli, Carole Shmurak, Steve Liskow, and Cori Arnold return to the Avon Public Library in July 2015
Cori Arnold, Steve Liskow, Chuck Miceli and Carole Shmurak at the Avon Public Library
Cori Arnold, Steve Liskow, Chuck Miceli and Carole Shmurak at Mystery Authors night at the Avon Public Library in 2014

 

Leslie Meier, Steve Liskow and Carole Shmurak at the Enfield Public Library
Leslie Meier, Steve Liskow and Carole Shmurak at the Enfield Public Library