The members of Austin Mystery
Writers were clustered at their literary haunt in the BookPeople café on
Thursday morning, eagerly awaiting the arrival of famed author and Grand Poobah
emerita Kaye George.
“Gosh,” I said to the group. “I
hope she remembers the little people.”
I need not have worried. With all
her usual charm and warmth, Kaye George appeared wearing a big fedora, carrying
a giant magnifying glass, and blinding us with her dazzling smile.
We had missed Kaye George. Once a
guiding beacon in AMW in Austin, she had moved to Waco, then Knoxville,
Tennessee, too far away to attend the weekly critique group meetings.
However, that didn’t stop Kaye from
being an active participant in AMW. She’s still a major player in the group,
we’re glad to say.
Kaye George has been an inspiration
to fellow writers. She fought hard to become a published author, always
refusing to give up her dream of publication. Her organizational skills are
truly amazing. She blogs, writes short stories and books, and participates in
panel discussions and book tours. In fact, she’s on her way to the upcoming
Killer Nashville conference. She is a force to be reckoned with (yes, ending
with a preposition, but it sounds good).
Kaye's first novel, CHOKE, was published in 2011 and was nominated for an Agatha award for Best First Novel. In 2012, she added the sequels SMOKE and BROKE to her new series, the Imogene Duckworthy humorous Texas mysteries. In April 2013, EINE KLEINE MURDER (a Cressa Caraway Musical Mystery) was published by Barking Rain Press. In June, her Neanderthal mystery thriller, DEATH IN THE TIME OF ICE, was published by Untreed Reads. Kaye hopes to have an audio version of CHOKE available this fall, as well as a boxed set of the Duckworthy mysteries.
Kaye's first novel, CHOKE, was published in 2011 and was nominated for an Agatha award for Best First Novel. In 2012, she added the sequels SMOKE and BROKE to her new series, the Imogene Duckworthy humorous Texas mysteries. In April 2013, EINE KLEINE MURDER (a Cressa Caraway Musical Mystery) was published by Barking Rain Press. In June, her Neanderthal mystery thriller, DEATH IN THE TIME OF ICE, was published by Untreed Reads. Kaye hopes to have an audio version of CHOKE available this fall, as well as a boxed set of the Duckworthy mysteries.
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