Mary Kay Andrews
Mary Kay Andrews | |
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 Andrews reading at theGaithersburg Book Festivalin 2016 | |
| Pen name | Mary Kay Andrews |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Georgia |
| Website | |
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Mary Kay Andrews(born July 27, 1954)[1]is the pen name of American writerKathy Hogan Trocheck,based inSavannah, Georgia,who has authored a number of best-selling books under the Andrews pen name since 2002.[2]
Trochek graduated from theUniversity of Georgiawith a journalism degree in 1976. She worked as a reporter at a number of papers, and spent 11 years as a reporter for theAtlanta Journal-Constitutionbefore leaving to write fiction full-time in 1991.[3]She published ten mystery novels under her own name between 1992 and 2000, and switched to the Andrews pen name in 2002 to authorSavannah Blues,which marked a change in her style to more Southern-flavored themes. Her pen name is inspired by the names of her children, Mary Kathleen and Andrew Trocheck.
Bibliography
[edit]Writing as Kathy Hogan Trocheck
[edit]- Every Crooked Nanny(1992) (Callahan Garrity main character)[4]
- To Live and Die in Dixie(1993) (Garrity)
- Homemade Sin(1994) (Garrity)
- Happy Never After(1995) (Garrity)
- Heart Trouble(1996) (Garrity)
- Lickety Split(1996) (Truman Kicklighter main character)
- Strange Brew(1997) (Garrity)
- Crash Course(1997) (Kicklighter)
- Midnight Clear(1998) (Garrity)
- Irish Eyes(2000)
Writing as Mary Kay Andrews
[edit]- Savannah Blues(2002)
- Little Bitty Lies(2003)
- Hissy Fit(2004)[5]
- Savannah Breeze(2006)[6]
- Blue Christmas(2006)[7]
- Deep Dish(2008)[8]
- The Fixer Upper(2009)[9]
- Summer Rental(2011)[10]
- Spring Fever(2012)
- Ladies' Night(2013)
- Christmas Bliss(2013)
- Save the Date(2014)
- Beach Town(2015)
- The Weekenders(2016)
- The High Tide Club(2018)
- Sunset Beach(2019)
- Hello, Summer(2020)
- The Newcomer(2021)
- The Santa Suit(2021)
- The Homewreckers(2022)[11]
- Bright Lights, Big Christmas(2023)
- Summers at the Saint(2024)
References
[edit]- ^Kathy Hogan Trocheck (aka Mary Kay Andrews),Georgia Center for the Book (DeKalb CountyPublic Library), Retrieved August 15, 2011
- ^Pate, Nancy (8 March 2002).A LITERARY LOST ANDFOUND; AUTHOR KATHY TROCHECK'S NEW NOVEL IS ALL ABOUT REINVENTION -- LOSING THE OLD SELF AND FINDING A NEW WAY HOME,Orlando Sentinel
- ^Latimer, Anita (5 April 2007).Little Bitty Lies (Book Review)Archived2017-10-05 at theWayback Machine,The News-Reporter(Washington, Georgia)
- ^(5 July 1992).Crime (short review included),The New York Times
- ^(12 September 2004).New York Times Bestseller List,The New York Times(Hissy Fitappears on extended list at #21)
- ^(30 April 2006).New York Times Bestseller List,The New York Times(Savannah Breezeappears on extended list at #18)
- ^(17 December 2006).New York Times Bestseller List,The New York Times(Blue Christmasappears on extended list at #26)
- ^(16 March 2008)./0316besthardfiction.html?pagewanted=print New York Times Bestseller List,The New York Times(Deep Dishdebuts at #13)
- ^(12 July 2009).New York Times Bestseller List,The New York Times(The Fixer Upperdebuts at #13)
- ^(26 June 2011).New York Times Bestseller List,The New York Times(Summer Rentaldebuts at #5)
- ^"The Homewreckers • Mary Kay Andrews".Mary Kay Andrews.Retrieved2022-02-24.
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