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Kathleen Kaska

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My latest book, The Man Who Saved the Whooping Crane: The Robert Porter Allen Story, had been nominated for the 2013 George Perkins Marsh Award for environmental history and the 2013 Washington State Book Award for history/general nonfiction. It is a true tale about Audubon ornithologist Robert Porter Allen whose mission was to journey into the Canadian wilderness to save the last flock of whooping cranes before encroaching development wiped out their nesting site, sending them into extinction. Published by University Press of Florida, the book was released on September 16, 2012.
I also writes the award-winning Sydney Lockhart mystery series set in the 1950s when women were caught between the dichotomy of career and marriage; when fashion e...more


The whoopers are in the news again; some good, some interesting, and some not so good.

Good News from Operation Migration (OM):
The first three whooping crane eggs hatched this week at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Maryland; numbers 1-13, 2-13, and 3-13. The first number indicates the order of hatching and the second number, the year hatched. These three chicks will be part of the whoo... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on May 19, 2013 08:00
Average rating: 4.32 · 62 ratings · 15 reviews · 9 distinct works · Similar authors
Murder at the Luther
4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010
The Sherlock Holmes Triviog...
4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
Murder at the Arlington
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
Murder at the Galvez: A Syd...
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012
The Agatha Christie Triviog...
4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions
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Murder at the Luther (Mystery & Thrillers)
1 chapters   —   updated Aug 08, 2011 07:26pm
Description: My second mystery in the Sydney Lockhart was released in November 2010.
Murder at the Arlington (Mystery & Thrillers)
1 chapters   —   updated Oct 01, 2009 12:38pm
Description: noir mystery
Goldfinches (Poetry)
1 chapters   —   updated Oct 01, 2009 12:26pm
Description: free verse poem

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The dialogue was witting and the setting fun. I loved how the author wove author (the protagonist) interview questions through the story. This was one of the best part of the book.
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message 5: by Stacy

Stacy Juba Hi Kathleen, Thanks for adding me as a friend!


Kathleen Hey,

Maybe we can meet at a conference in the future.


message 3: by Beth

Beth Hi Kathleen,
Thanks for befriending this fellow Goodreads mystery author!


Kathleen I look forward to sharing books with you.
Kathleen
Mystery Author
"Murder at the Arlington"


Destiny Thank you so much for the friendship!

Destiny
Romantic Suspense Author
http://www.destinybooze.com


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