Eleanor J. Sullivan, PhD, RN, FAAN, is theformer dean of nursing at the University of Kansas, past president of SigmaTheta Tau International, and prior editor of the Journal of Professional Nursing. Dr. Sullivan is known for herpublications in nursing, including this award-winning textbook and Becoming Influential: A Guide for Nurses.
Dr. Sullivan has served on the board of directors of the AmericanAssociation of Colleges of Nursing, testified before the U.S. Senate, served ona National Institutes of Health council, presented papers to internationalaudiences, been quoted in ChicagoTribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, andRolling Stone Magazine, and named to "Who's Who in Health Care" by Kansas City Business Journal.
In addition to continuing to write for nurses, she 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 two.
Connect with her at EleanorSullivan.com