1930
Born in Buffalo, New York to Cyril Gyrard and Edith Irene Warthling.
1951
Receives a Bachelor of Arts from Nazareth College.
1954
Marries Edward McCreery, PhD.
1967
Receives a fellowship from the Danforth Foundation.
1969
Receives a Master of Arts from the University of Cincinnati.
1969
Becomes an English instructor at the University of Cincinnati.
1974
Appointed director of the Academy of Remediation at Mercy College.
1975
Receives a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Cincinnati.
1976
Becomes an adjunct assistant professor at Manhattanville College.
1978
Becomes a full professor of English at the State University College at Buffalo.
1985
Authors the article “Before ‘Sherlock Holmes’ There Was Anna Katharine Green” for MS Magazine.
1992
Writes “A Haverstraw Mystery Writer” for South of the Mountains: A Quarterly Publication of the Historical Society Rockland County.
1994
Serves as a presenter at the Exhibition at Burchfield Center, “The Work of Charles Rohlfs and Anna Katherine Green Exhibit Catalog.”
1994
Co-authors “Great Women Mystery Writers” and contributes to “Great Women Mystery Writers: A Biocritical Dictionary.”
1995
Co-authors “Feminism in Women’s Detective Fiction.”
1996
Co-authors “Oxford Companion to Mystery/Detective Fiction.”