false 31265 4 2 I was born in Alplaus New York in 1951, the youngest of four daughters. My father is a mechanical engineer, my mother a housewife. My family is very nice – I like them all a lot. As a child I loved animals and read obsessively.
We had (still have) a family cottage on Lake George. The people who live next door are life-long friends. On summer weekdays during my childhood there were ten females in the two houses, no males. As a result of this background I feel that I understand girls better than boys, which is why I write primarily for girls.
Education and other jobs:
After high school I went to Webster College in St. Louis, Missouri. Oddly enough, given the location, it was a well-thought-of theater school. I attended for a year and a half and then (this was the 60’s, early 70’s) dropped out and decamped for New York City and a real drama school (not a liberal arts college like Webster). I appeared in a few television commercials, waitressed, auditioned and did a little modeling.
After three or four years of this sort of thing I realized I was going nowhere fast. I came back upstate and worked, at first full-time and then, after I married and my son was born, part-time, as a secretary at a consulting engineering firm called Encotech. As a result, I am an excellent touch typist today, which is handy for a writer.
I only began writing seriously when I was in my late thirties and was first published in my early forties. While I worked on OWL IN LOVE (my first book) I became involved in a program called Helping Hands, in which I raised two monkeys to be aides to quadriplegics. You can check it out at www.helpinghandsmonkeys.org. You can see a photograph of Kandy on this page and Susi on the FAQ page.
Family:
My husband Paul is president of Encotech (that’s where I met him). My son Alex is 25. He and his art rock band Bible Study (no religious connotation) live with us part-time. They rehearse directly over my office, so it is lucky that I think they are great musicians (Click here to listen to one of their songs). The vocalist is one of America’s few female Master Falconers. When the band is in residence we also have several hawks or falcons. ]]> female Alplaus, New York 1951/01/01 544315 0142302082 9780142302088 75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175661765m/544315.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175661765s/544315.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/544315.Goose_Chase 3.79 397
"A delightful, witty fairy-tale spoof.. . . Kindl's humor, the strong characterizations, and vibrant action give the story wings." (Booklist, starred review)]]> 31265 3.70 976 184 2001 444337 0141301244 9780141301242 41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174837808m/444337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174837808s/444337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/444337.The_Woman_in_the_Wall 3.73 233
"Thoroughly convincing and deeply moving. Whether we read the story as an allegory, an elaborate metaphor, even a bittersweet dream, the feelings and insights are precise and real, enhanced all the more by a wonderfully wry and rueful humor." -- Lloyd Alexander, Newbery Medal-winning author of The High King

"Kindl creates an original world with authority and complete credibility. Her austere yet insistent, grave yet humorous style is perfect." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review ]]> 31265 3.70 976 184 1997 544313 0618439102 9780618439102 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175661763m/544313.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175661763s/544313.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/544313.Owl_in_Love 3.67 186 31265 3.70 976 184 1993 55463 0618394028 9780618394029 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170450079m/55463.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170450079s/55463.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55463.Lost_in_the_Labyrinth 3.18 51 31265 3.70 976 184 2003 7035046 3423708719 9783423708715 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7035046-verloren-im-labyrinth 5.00 1 31265 3.70 976 184 2004