Kathryn Shay

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Romance

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Kathryn Shay is a lifelong writer. At fifteen, she penned her first 'romance,' a short story about a female newspaper reporter in New York City and her fight to make a name for herself in a world of male journalists - and with one hardheaded editor in particular. Looking back, Kathryn says she should have known then that writing was in her future. But as so often happens, fate sent her detouring down another path.

Fully intending to pursue her dream of big city lights and success in the literary world, Kathryn took every creative writing class available at the small private women's college she attended in upstate New York. Instead, other dreams took precedence. She met and subsequently married a wonderful guy who'd attended a neighboring sc...more Kathryn Shay is a lifelong writer. At fifteen, she penned her first 'romance,' a short story about a female newspaper reporter in New York City and her fight to make a name for herself in a world of male journalists - and with one hardheaded editor in particular. Looking back, Kathryn says she should have known then that writing was in her future. But as so often happens, fate sent her detouring down another path.

Fully intending to pursue her dream of big city lights and success in the literary world, Kathryn took every creative writing class available at the small private women's college she attended in upstate New York. Instead, other dreams took precedence. She met and subsequently married a wonderful guy who'd attended a neighboring school, then completed her practice teaching, a requirement for the education degree she never intended to use. But says Kathryn, "I fell in love with teaching the first day I was up in front of a class, and knew I was meant to do that."

Kathryn went on to build a successful career in the New York state school system, thoroughly enjoying her work with adolescents. But by the early 1990s, she'd again made room in her life for writing. It was then that she submitted her first manuscript to publishers and agents. Despite enduring two years of rejections, she persevered. And on a snowy December afternoon in 1994, Kathryn Shay sold her first book to Harlequin Superromance.

Since that first sale, Kathryn has written twenty-one books for Harlequin, nine mainstream contemporary romances for the Berkley Publishing Group, and two online novellas, which Berkley then published in traditional print format.

Kathryn has become known for her powerful characterizations - readers say they feel they know the people in her books - and her heart-wrenching, emotional writing (her favorite comments are that fans cried while reading her books or stayed up late to finish them). In testament to her skill, the author has won five RT BookClub Magazine Reviewers Choice Awards, three Holt Medallions, two Desert Quill Awards, the Golden Leaf Award, and several online accolades.

Even in light of her writing success, that initial love of teaching never wavered for Kathryn. She finished out her teaching career in 2004, retiring from the same school where her career began. These days, she lives in upstate New York with her husband and two children. "My life is very full," she reports, "but very happy. I consider myself fortunate to have been able to pursue and achieve my dreams."
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Books by Kathryn Shay

Average rating: 3.63 · 1,244 ratings · 163 reviews · 48 distinct works

	After the Fire (The Firefighter Trilogy, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	On the Line (The Firefighter Trilogy #2) 3.97 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	In Too Deep 3.17 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Nothing More to Lose (The Firefighter Trilogy, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Lipstick Chronicles: Book One: Men at Work/ By a Nose/ Landslide/ Tumbling Down by Kathryn Shay, Fiona Kelly, Vivian Leiber 3.18 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Taking the Heat (O'Neil Brothers #3) 3.64 avg rating — 50 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Someone to Believe In (O'Neil Brothers #1) 4.05 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Close to You (O'Neil Brothers #2) 3.67 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Betrayal 3.49 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Perfect Family 4.29 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Series by Kathryn Shay

Hidden Cove (3 books)
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3.91 avg rating — 410 ratings

O'Neil Brothers (3 books)
by Kathryn Shay

3.78 avg rating — 130 ratings

America's Bravest (1 book)
by Kathryn Shay

3.17 avg rating — 125 ratings

The Educators (3 books)
by Kathryn Shay

3.05 avg rating — 39 ratings

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