Kathryn Ptacek sold her first novel, SATAN’S ANGEL, when she was just 27. Since then she has sold numerous novels, short stories, reviews, articles, and miscellaneous whatnots. She has also edited three anthologies, including the landmark WOMEN OF DARKNESS and WOMEN OF DARKNESS II.
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Kathy was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico and graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of New Mexico. While there, she was a student of bestselling authors Tony Hillerman (mysteries) and Lois Duncan (young adult).
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She lives in a 128-year-old Victorian house haunted by the ghost of her late husband, writer Charles L. Grant. She shares her book-cluttered rooms with a large teapot collection, lots of Gila monster stuff, and the occasional visiting mouse. Kathy can be reached at gilaqueen@att.net or through her Facebook pages.