Sharon Fiffer

Sharon Fiffer is the author of eight Jane Wheel mysteries published by St. Martin’s Minotaur.

Sharon Fiffer did not begin her writing career as a mystery author. After co-editing (with her husband, writer Steve Fiffer) three acclaimed collections of literary memoirs, Home: American Writers Remember Rooms of Their Own and Family: American Writers Remember Their Own, both published by Pantheon; and Body, published by Bard, Sharon found her inner Nancy Drew. 

Sharon’s other books include the non-fiction titles, Imagining America: Paul Thai’s Journey From The Killing Fields to Freedom and Fifty Ways To Help Your Community: A Handbook for Change, which she co-wrote with Steve Fiffer. Her short stories have been published in several literary magazines and she has been recognized by the Illinois Arts Council with a Literary Award for the short story, The Power of Speech, and with an Artist’s Fellowship in Fiction. She has taught in the Writing Programs/English Departments of the University of Illinois at Chicago, Barat College and Northwestern University. The co-founder of the Wesley Writers Workshop, Sharon teaches several ongoing adult writing workshops. 

In 2020, Sharon and her husband Steve created Storied Stuff, a website where writers submit photos of treasured items and write a brief story of why they’ve kept the object through the years. What began as a one-year Covid project, Storied Stuff has posted/published over 500 pieces to date and the Fiffers have collected several of these essays into two volumes. Storied Stuff: Show and Tell For Grown-Ups, volume 1 is available from Christmas Lake Press and Volume 2 will be available November 2025. Learn more at storied-stuff.com