About

Susan McCormick is a writer and doctor who lives in Seattle. She graduated from Smith College and George Washington University School of Medicine, with additional medical training in Washington, DC and San Francisco. Susan served as a doctor in the US Army for nine years before moving to the Pacific Northwest and civilian practice. She writes the cozy murder mystery series, THE FOG LADIES. She is also the author of a mother/son suspense, THE ROOM AT HE END OF THE HALL, a middle grade to adult medical fantasy, THE ANTIDOTE, and GRANNY CAN'T REMEMBER ME, a lighthearted children’s picture book about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two sons. She loves giant dogs, and has loved an English Mastiff, Earl, and two Newfoundlands, Edward and Albert.

Featured Work

The Room at the End of the Hall

2025
cover photo of suspense novel

When rising star surgeon Michael Baker moves home to care for his estranged alcoholic mother, his life falls apart. One patient dies, another lands in the ICU, he loses his chairman- ship, and the new chairwoman takes a nasty tumble on the roof. His mother cries murder, but did her alcohol-addled brain suffer one fall too many? Or…is he the cause?

Other Works

  • The Fog Ladies, Book 1, 2nd edition

    2024

  • The Fog Ladies: Date with Death

    2023

  • The Fog Ladies: In the Soup

    2021

  • The Antidote

    2021

  • The Fog Ladies: Family Matters

    2020

  • The Fog Ladies

    2019

  • Granny Can't Remember Me

    2018

Awards and Recognition

  • Chanticleer's Murder and Mayhem: The Fog Ladies: Family Matters, Finalist
  • Chanticleer's Murder and Mayhem: The Fog Ladies, Semi-Finalist
  • Chanticleer's Best Middle Grade Novel: The Antidote, Finalist
  • Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Cozy Mystery: The Fog Ladies, Finalist
  • Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Cozy Mystery: The Fog Ladies: In the Soup, Finalist
  • Killer Nashville Claymore Award, Best Suspense: The Room at the End of the Hall, Finalist
  • Readers' Favorite, Murder Mystery: The Fog Ladies, Finalist
  • Pacific Book Awards, Best Mystery: The Fog Ladies: Family Matters, 2nd Place
  • RONE Awards Best Mystery: The Fog Ladies: Family Matters, WINNER
  • eLit Awards, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller: The Fog Ladies: Family Matters, Silver Medal
  • PNWA Best Mystery/Thriller: The Room at the End of the Hall, Finalist (Pacific Northwest Writers Assoc)
  • Purple Dragonfly, Best Picture Book: Granny Can't Remember Me, Honorable Mention