Kaye George

Kaye George is a novel and short-story writer. She writes the People of the Wind pre-history Neanderthal mysteries, published by Untreed Reads, the first nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel. Also two traditional series: Cressa Carraway musical mysteries, the first a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award; and the humorous Texas Imogene Duckworthy series, the first nominated for an Agatha for Best First Novel. And these cozies: the Fat Cat series set in Dinkytown, Minneapolis (all Barnes & Noble best-sellers) written as Janet Cantrell; the latest written as Kaye George, Vintage Sweets series set in Fredericksburg Texas. More than fifty of her short stories have appeared online, in anthologies, magazines, her own collection, one thrillogy, and her own anthology of eclipse stories, DAY OF THE DARK. “Handbaskets, Drawers, and a Killer Cold,” nominated for an Agatha for Best Short Story; Austin Mystery Writers’ MURDER ON WHEELS, Silver Falchion Award winner; and in 2019 “Grist for the Mill” (in the anthology MURDER OF CROWS) was nominated for a Derringer and an Agatha. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Guppies, Authors Guild of TN, Austin Mystery Writers, and lives in Knoxville, TN where she is the co-founder of Smoking Guns, the local Sisters in Crime chapter. She also reviews for Suspense Magazine and edits the “What’s Your Process” column in Mysterical-E magazine.