Kathryn Shay
http://www.kathrynshay.com
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 sale, Kathryn has written seventeen books and
two online reads for Harlequin, five mainstream
contemporary romances for the Berkley Publishing Group,
and two online novellas, which Berkley will publish in
traditional print format.
She has been quoted in People Magazine,
interviewed for The Wall Street Journal, and will
be featured in Cosmopolitan magazine as their book
excerpt for the December 2003 issue.
Kathryn has become known for her powerful
characterizations - fans 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
Romantic Times Bookclub Reviewers Choice Awards,
three Holt Medallions, two Desert Quill Awards, the Golden
Leaf Award, and several online accolades, including five 5-
Heart reviews from The Romance Reader.
Even in light of her writing success, that initial love of
teaching has never wavered for Kathryn. She still teaches
in 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
Taking the Heat
(Book 3 of The O'Neils)
May 6, 2008
Liam O'Neil is trying to take care of his troubled
seven-year-old son and cocky teenager, and work full time at
the family-owned Bailey's Irish Pub. Widowed three years
ago, he's ready to Read more...
More Lipstick Chronicles
(Book Two)
March 6, 2007
The Lipstick Chronicles introduced readers to
Elyssa, Alix, Dana, Carole, and Robin, five best friends who
make up Allheart.com, an online greeting card company in
Washington, D.C. Now they're back in the second Read more...
Close to You
February 6, 2007
Award-winning author Kathryn Shay delivers a powerful
novel about two people whose undeniable passion for each
other pushes them to take the chances of a lifetime.
Close to You is the story of Read more...
The Lipstick Chronicles
(Book One)
December 5, 2006
The hilariously sexy chronicle of five women at work, at
play, and in love.
Together, Elyssa, Alix, Dana, Carole, and Robyn make up
Allheart.com, the online greeting card company where romance
is more than Read more...
Tell Me No Lies
July 1, 2006
Ties That Bind
June 6, 2006
Award-winning author Kathryn Shay has dazzled readers
with her "perfect blend of romance and danger." (USA
Today) Now, in her most suspenseful tale yet, a divorced
pair of lawyers discovers that the ties Read more...
Someone To Believe In
September 6, 2005
She has the face of an angel. But Bailey O'Neil goes where
other angels fear to tread: the roughest neighborhoods of
New York City. With a heart as big as the city Read more...
Nothing More to Lose
February 1, 2005
Ever since 9/11 claimed the lives of many of his fellow
firefighters—and left him unable to walk on his
own—Ian Woodward had struggled to find a reason to
live. Until actress Lisel Loring Read more...
Our Two Sons
January 1, 2005
it all started with an autograph...
Only her son, Kyle, can get Professor Jacelyn Ross anywhere
near a sports arena. Especially when the celebrity in
question is a boorish football jock. Read more...
On the Line
July 6, 2004
Special Investigator Eve Woodward has come to Hidden Cove
with one thing on her mind: to nail fire Chief Noah
Callahan for the string of mishaps that have led to Read more...
The Unknown Twin
(#1206 Miniseries: Code Red)
June 1, 2004
Lauren Conway almost didn't make it out alive
She owes her life to Alex Shields, the handsome
firefighter who carried her from the burning office
building. But when Lauren wakes up Read more...
More Lipstick Chronicles: Book Two
May 1, 2004
The Lipstick Chronicles introduced readers to
Elyssa, Alix, Dana, Carole, and Robin, five best friends
who make up Allheart.com, an online greeting card company
in Washington, D.C. Now they're back Read more...
After The Fire
November 2, 2003
Detective Megan Hale has come to Hidden Cove to begin a
new life. What she's leaving behind are painful
memories—of her father and husband, both policeman
killed in the line Read more...
The Lipstick Chronicles
(Book One)
November 1, 2003
The hiliariously sexy chronicle of five women at work,
at play, and in love...
MEET...
Elyssa, a successful CEO who doesn't skid to a stop
over just any guy
Alix, the gullible one Read more...
Against the Odds
(#1123 Serenity House #3)
April 15, 2003
They'd grown up at Serenity House—a group home
for girls. Now they're coming together for the first time
as adults. Childhood friends who'd shared difficult
times, who'd shared Read more...
Trust In Me
February 4, 2003
As teenagers, they were called the Outlaws and they kept
the police of Glen Oaks on their toes. Though the tight-
knit group has left their checkered pasts behind, time has Read more...
A Place To Belong
(Superromance #1088 "Serenity House")
October 10, 2002
They'd grown up at Serenity House--a group home for
girls. Now they're coming together for the first time as
adults. Childhood friends who'd shared difficult times,
who'd shared Read more...
Promises To Keep
August 6, 2002
As Fairholm High principal, Suzanna Quinn was proud of her
school and her students. She'd worked hard to keep things
as open and as safe as possible, and although a Read more...
Practice Makes Perfect
(Superromance #1066)
June 1, 2002
They'd grown up at Serenity House--a group home for girls.
Now they're coming together for the first time as adults.
Childhood friends who'd shared difficult times, who'd
shared hopes and Read more...
The Fire Within
(Superromance)
October 1, 2001
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