Susan Conant & Jessica Conant-Park

Susan Conant and Jessica Conant-Park are the mother-and-daughter team who write the Chloe Carter series of Gourmet Girl mysteries. Publishers Weekly commented that the first in the series, Steamed "has it all: charming characters, snappy dialogue and mouth-watering recipes. It's delectable."

Susan Conant graduated from Radcliffe College and holds a doctorate in human development from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The author of the Cat Lover's Mysteries and the Dog Lover's Mysteries, she is a six-time winner of the Dog Writer's Association of America's Maxwell Award.

Susan's daughter, Jessica Conant-Park, graduated from Macalester College and has a master of Social Work degree from Boston College. She is married to chef William Park.