Dr. Eleanor J. Sullivan, is the former dean of nursing at the University of Kansas, past president of SigmaTheta Tau International, and prior editor of the Journal of Professional Nursing. Eleanor is known for her publications in nursing, including the award-winning etextbook and Becoming Influential: A Guide for Nurses.

In addition to continuing to write for nurses, Dr. Sullivan is also a mystery author. Her latest series is set in 1830s Zoar, Ohio, a village settled by her ancestors after their escape from religious persecution in Germany. The series feature a midwife, her cabinet-maker husband, and the town’s leader, Eleanor’s distant grandfather. The stories–and the murders in them–are fictitious; the town and its history are real! Coming in 2017 is the third book in the series, Tree of Heaven. Graven Images and Cover Her Body are the first 2.