Thank you for visiting the website of mystery writer and archaeologist Steven Kuehn.
Steven Kuehn is a professional archaeologist and zooarchaeologist at the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has over 30 years of field and laboratory experience dealing with the identification, excavation, and analysis of prehistoric and historic archaeological sites. After preparing hundreds of technical reports and scholarly articles, the call of mystery fiction grew irresistible and Steve began chronicling the adventures of Professor Jake Caine, archaeologist and (somewhat reluctant) amateur detective.
In addition to the Jacob Caine Archaeology Mystery series, Steven also writes the Library Noir short stories with protagonist Erin Larrsen, plucky librarian and wannabe shamus! If you enjoy light noir mysteries with a touch of cheeky Midwestern humor, be sure to check these out.