Lori Rader-Day

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)
 * The Death of Us (2023)