<p>For her irrepressible wit and oddball but determined characters, Kathy McIntosh was voted one of Idaho’s top three emerging fiction writers in 2014. Since then her wanderlust and a few pratfalls on ice catapulted her to a sunnier clime in Tucson. With a passion for animals, vegetables and minerals, Kathy uses comedic twists and turns to navigate her readers through the wilds of North Idaho.</p><p>Kathy lives with her husband and one hairy but relentlessly cheerful Catahoula Leopard dog. They all enjoy exploring the Sonoran desert and sampling Tucson's delectable cuisines. </p>