Biography

Kathy has published four mystery novels with NAL/ Penguin Putnam (Swimming with the Dead, 2003, Dark Water Dive, 2004, Dangerous Depths, 2005, and Under Pressure, 2006). She has co-authored a memoir with her son, Max Maddox. An excerpt of that book was a finalist for the 2009 Iowa Review Award in Non-Fiction. She has also completed her fifth novel about a young woman with bipolar disorder who is convicted of murder. She has published articles on parenting, health, and travel in dozens of magazines such as Women’s Sports and Fitness, Scouting, Yachting, Cruising World, and Complete Woman.

She is on the board of directors and serves as President for the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Colorado Springs.

Kathy has presented workshops and moderated panels at national conventions and has spoken about her books at libraries, bookstores, and book clubs. She has been interviewed on radio and TV stations around the country. Reviews and articles about her books have appeared in newspapers and magazines such as the Denver Post, the Orlando Sun-Sentinel, the Colorado Springs Gazette, Caribbean Travel and Life, Islands, Mystery Scene, Romantic Times, Midwest Book Review, and Library Journal.

Kathy has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in Rhetoric and taught writing at the University of Colorado for ten years before becoming a full-time author.