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Kate McMurray

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Kate McMurray is a nonfiction editor. Also, she is crafty (mostly knitting and sewing, but she also wields power tools), she plays the violin, and she dabbles in various other pursuits. She’s maybe a tiny bit obsessed with baseball. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with a presumptuous cat.


This week really sped by. It’s already Friday! So, weekly wrap-up!


1. What I’m up to: I’m finishing up a historical baseball story. It’s not officially contracted yet, but here’s the low down: it’s about a dandy sports reporter who is taken with a media-shy rookie player for the NY Giants in 1927 when Babe Ruth and the Yankees are dominating the headlines. (Homosexuality, while not celebrated, w...

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Published on May 17, 2013 13:17 • 6 views
Average rating: 3.80 · 1,896 ratings · 364 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors
Out in the Field
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 2012
Lead Us Not
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2012
Blind Items
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Four Corners
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
The Boy Next Door
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
In Hot Pursuit
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
Across the East River Bridge
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
Kindling Fire with Snow
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
A Walk in the Dark
3.17 of 5 stars 3.17 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2011
Show and Tell
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant
A Lady Awakened (Blackshear Family, #1)
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Wow! I realize I'm late on the bandwagon and that people have been saying for more than a year that this book is fresh and different, but I only just got around to reading it. I loved this book. I love how different it is from the standard Regency. T...more
Kate McMurray is on page 90 of 346 of A Lady Awakened: I don't know why, but I giggle every time I see the word "fichu." Such a weird word. ("Not much. What's up fichu?")
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The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
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I'm not sure how to rate this book. The writing is gorgeous and evocative; I really like Johnson's prose. It's really nice to see LGBT characters in a future context in which they just happen to be gay without attention being drawn to it. (Or bi, I g...more
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Josephine Myles Hi Kate - thanks for the friendvite! I keep meaning to read your books because I hear so many good things about them, but being a Brit I'm mystified by baseball. Actually, I'm mystified by cricket too, so that's no excuse :)

Jo x


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Val Kovalin Thanks for the friends-add! I love your fiction. Best, Val


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Kate McMurray Very cool! I hope you enjoy it!

Leaundra wrote: "Kate, thanks for accepting. I'm about to read In Hot Pursuit. It looks really good. Thanks again...Leaundra"


Leaundra Kate, thanks for accepting. I'm about to read In Hot Pursuit. It looks really good. Thanks again...Leaundra


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