Simon, Clea

Clea Simon writes the Dulcie Schwartz Mystery Series which started in 2009 and is set in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It features graduate student, Dulcie Schwartz and her deceased cat Mr. Grey. Twentysomething Dulcie Schwartz is a doctoral student at Harvard, struggling to find a thesis topic, mourning her recently deceased cat Mr. Grey, and working a summer temp job. Mr. Grey... in the form of a ghost helps her solve murders.

Clea also writes the Pru Marlowe, Pet Noir Mystery series which started in 2011 and is set in the Berkshires in New Jersey. It features Animal Behaviorist and Animal Psychic, Pru Marlowe.

Clea also wrote the Theda Krakow series which ended in 2009.