McShea,+Susanna+Hofmann

Biographical Information:
Dates: Dates in Ridgefield: fiction, mysteries While ravens may be rare in Ridgefield, Raven's Wing is Susanna Hofmann McShea's trilogy about four senior-citizen detectives who go about solving murders in a lighthearted, often lively fashion. Ms. McShea grew up in Ridgefield, graduating from Ridgefield High School in 1967 and working as a part-time reporter at //The Ridgefield Press//. She studied at Colby College and worked for the Ford Foundation and an ad agency before taking up mystery writing in the 1980s. Her first book, //Hometown Heroes// was followed two years later by //The Pumpkin-Shell Wife// and then by //Ladybug, Ladybug//. Especially the first two featured many recognizable places and even a few personalities from Ridgefield -- such as "Squash" Travaglini of Ridgefield News Store, and townspeople had great fun seeing who they could recognize (the newspaper editor in //The Pumpkin-Shell Wife// was clearly fictional -- to find out why, read the book!). The author and her husband live in New Jersey. **Titles : ** //Ladybug, Ladybug: A Hometown Heroes Mystery, //1994 //The Pumpkin-Shell Wife: A Hometown Heroes Mystery, //1992  //Hometown Heroes //, 1980 --Source: Notable Ridgefielders–Jack Sanders