Inamorata (12 page)

About the author

Kate Sweeney, a 2010 Alice B. Medal winner, was the 2007 recipient of the Golden Crown Literary Society award for Debut Author for
She Waits
, the first in the Kate Ryan Mystery series. The series also includes
A Nice Clean Murder, The Trouble with Murder,
a 2008 Golden Crown Award winner for Mystery,
Who’ll Be Dead for Christmas?
a 2009 Golden Crown Award winner for Mystery,
Of Course It’s Murder, What Happened in Malinmore,
and
A Near Myth Murder.

Other novels include
Away from the Dawn, Survive the Dawn, Before the Dawn, Residual Moon
, a 2008 Golden Crown Award winner for Speculative Fiction,
Liar’s Moon, The O’Malley Legacy, Winds of Heaven, Sea of Grass, Paradise, Love at Last, Someday I’ll Find You, Moon Through the Magnolia, Stone Walls, Second Time Around, Love in E Flat
and
It’s Not Always Murder.

Born in Chicago, Kate moved to Louisiana, and this Yankee doubts she’ll ever get used to saying y’all. Humor is deeply embedded in Kate’s DNA. She sincerely hopes you will see this when you read her novels, short stories, and other works. Email Kate at [email protected].