Susan Wittig Albert, also known by the pen names Robin Paige and Carolyn Keene,[1] is an American mystery writer from Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.

Albert was an academic and the first female vice president of Southwest Texas State University before retiring to become a fulltime writer.

[2] Albert grew up in downstate Illinois, attending Danville High School before moving to the nearby community of Bismarck, where she graduated.

[8] The China Bayles herbal mystery series centers around the title character's deductive reasoning and knowledge as an herbalist and ex-lawyer, who solves murders with her best friend, Ruby Wilcox, owner of a New Age shop.

[9] The trilogy of novellas features characters from the China Bayles mysteries, focused on reporter Jessica Nelson and the Enterprise newspaper.