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.

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.