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Mary Kay Andrews
Andrews reading at the Gaithersburg Book Festival in 2016
Andrews reading at the Gaithersburg Book Festival in 2016
Pen nameMary Kay Andrews
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Georgia
Website
marykayandrews.com

Mary Kay Andrews (born July 27, 1954)[1] is the pen name of American writer Kathy Hogan Trocheck, based in Savannah, Georgia, who has authored a number of best-selling books under the Andrews pen name since 2002.[2]

Trochek graduated from the University of Georgia with a journalism degree in 1976. She worked as a reporter at a number of papers, and spent 11 years as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution before leaving to write fiction full-time in 1991.[3] She published ten mystery novels under her own name between 1992 and 2000, and switched to the Andrews pen name in 2002 to author Savannah Blues, which marked a change in her style to more Southern-flavored themes. Her pen name is inspired by the names of her children, Mary Kathleen and Andrew Trocheck.

Bibliography

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Writing as Kathy Hogan Trocheck

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  • Every Crooked Nanny (1992) (Callahan Garrity main character)[4]
  • To Live and Die in Dixie (1993) (Garrity)
  • Homemade Sin (1994) (Garrity)
  • Happy Never After (1995) (Garrity)
  • Heart Trouble (1996) (Garrity)
  • Lickety Split (1996) (Truman Kicklighter main character)
  • Strange Brew (1997) (Garrity)
  • Crash Course (1997) (Kicklighter)
  • Midnight Clear (1998) (Garrity)
  • Irish Eyes (2000)

Writing as Mary Kay Andrews

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  • Savannah Blues (2002)
  • Little Bitty Lies (2003)
  • Hissy Fit (2004)[5]
  • Savannah Breeze (2006)[6]
  • Blue Christmas (2006)[7]
  • Deep Dish (2008)[8]
  • The Fixer Upper (2009)[9]
  • Summer Rental (2011)[10]
  • Spring Fever (2012)
  • Ladies' Night (2013)
  • Christmas Bliss (2013)
  • Save the Date (2014)
  • Beach Town (2015)
  • The Weekenders (2016)
  • The High Tide Club (2018)
  • Sunset Beach (2019)
  • Hello, Summer (2020)
  • The Newcomer (2021)
  • The Santa Suit (2021)
  • The Homewreckers (2022)[11]
  • Bright Lights, Big Christmas (2023)
  • Summers at the Saint (2024)

References

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  1. ^ Kathy Hogan Trocheck (aka Mary Kay Andrews), Georgia Center for the Book (DeKalb County Public Library), Retrieved August 15, 2011
  2. ^ Pate, Nancy (8 March 2002). A LITERARY LOST ANDFOUND ; AUTHOR KATHY TROCHECK'S NEW NOVEL IS ALL ABOUT REINVENTION -- LOSING THE OLD SELF AND FINDING A NEW WAY HOME, Orlando Sentinel
  3. ^ Latimer, Anita (5 April 2007). Little Bitty Lies (Book Review) Archived 2017-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, The News-Reporter (Washington, Georgia)
  4. ^ (5 July 1992). Crime (short review included), The New York Times
  5. ^ (12 September 2004). New York Times Bestseller List, The New York Times (Hissy Fit appears on extended list at #21)
  6. ^ (30 April 2006). New York Times Bestseller List, The New York Times (Savannah Breeze appears on extended list at #18)
  7. ^ (17 December 2006). New York Times Bestseller List, The New York Times (Blue Christmas appears on extended list at #26)
  8. ^ (16 March 2008). /0316besthardfiction.html?pagewanted=print New York Times Bestseller List, The New York Times (Deep Dish debuts at #13)
  9. ^ (12 July 2009). New York Times Bestseller List, The New York Times (The Fixer Upper debuts at #13)
  10. ^ (26 June 2011). New York Times Bestseller List, The New York Times (Summer Rental debuts at #5)
  11. ^ "The Homewreckers • Mary Kay Andrews". Mary Kay Andrews. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
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