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Sharon Kay

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SHARON KAY grew up in Ohio and earned a degree in photojournalism from Bowling Green State University. The Michelle Kilpatrick Mystery Series is inspired by her life in the 70s as a commuting college student. She is the proud mother of three children who graduated from the University of Michigan (much to the horror of her Ohio Buckeye devoted father, lolz) and served in the Army National Guard.

She enjoys drinking iced tea and snacking on chocolate-covered frozen strawberries while writing. Her hobbies include baking gluten-free treats, working in her organic garden, and keeping up with the British Royal family (distant, distant, distant relatives, lolz).

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Average rating: 4.27 · 55 ratings · 32 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Peculiar Case of the Petersburg Professor (The Michelle Kilpatrick Mysteries #1) 4.26 avg rating — 42 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fashionably Fit, Fatally Flawed! (The Michelle Kilpatrick Mysteries #2) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Icy Secrets, Scandalous Lies 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	musings of a dreamer 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I received this book as a gift and thoroughly enjoyed it. Qwilleran, a newspaper reporter, starts a new job and is assigned the art beat—writing features about the artists in the city. The catch is that he knows nothing about art...but he is about to ...more
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