Karen Kijewski
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Karen Kijewski (pronounced key-EFF-ski) (born 1943)[1] is a writer of mystery novels, known for her Kat Colorado series. She was born in Berkeley, California, the daughter of a University of California, Berkeley professor Clarence Glacken, and received B.A. and M.A. degrees from UC-Berkeley. She was a high school English teacher in Massachusetts for almost a decade before dedicating herself to writing. A resident of Sacramento, California, she made a living tending a bar while establishing herself as a novelist. Her first novel, Katwalk, was published in 1989 and received an Anthony Award, for Best First Novel, and a Shamus Award, for Best First P.I. Novel. Kijewski is married and has two daughters.
[edit] Novels
- Katwalk (1989)
- Katapult (1990)
- Kat's Cradle (1991)
- Copy Kat (1992)
- Wild Kat (1994)
- Alley Kat Blues (1995)
- Honky Tonk Kat (1996)
- Kat Scratch Fever (1997)
- Stray Kat Waltz (1998)
[edit] References
- ^ Rippetoe, Rita Elizabeth (2004). Booze and the Private Eye: Alcohol in the Hard-Boiled Novel. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 170. ISBN 0-7864-1899-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=9oSUKw-wgr8C&lpg=PA170&ots=kzR5TMazfL&dq=Karen%20Kijewski%201943&pg=PA170#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
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