Susanna Gregory was a police officer in Leeds before taking up an academic career. She has served as an environmental consultant, worked seventeen field seasons in the polar regions, and has taught comparative anatomy and biological anthropology. She is the creator of the Matthew Bartholomew series of mysteries set in medieval Cambridge and the Thomas Chaloner adventures in Restoration London, and now lives in Wales with her husband, who is also a writer.
British author Gregory does her usual solid job of weaving details of daily life in 14th-century England into a sophisticated multiple-murder mystery plot in her 23rd whodunit featuring physician Matthew Bartholomew (after 2016's A Grave Concern).--Publishers Weekly Susanna Gregory writes with fluency and energy, avoids archaic vocabulary, despite her 14th-century setting and, having had a career as an academic, bases the stories in this enjoyable series on careful research--Literary Review A Grave Concern is a splendid addition to the series -- and there is no sign that Susanna Gregory is flagging--The Times