Kathleen Kaska

"the Queen of Mystery"
Award-winning author, writing teacher, runner, and birder.
About me

From experience to story — that’s my craft.

Kathleen Kaska is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, travel articles, and stage plays. She’s also the author of the award-winning Sydney Lockhart mystery series. When she’s not writing, Kathleen spends much of her time traveling around the country, looking for new venues for her mysteries and bird watching along the Texas coast and beyond. When too road weary, she splits her time between her two favorite places, the Pacific Northwest and the Texas Coast.

I’m a Texas gal. Except for an eighteen-month hiatus living in New York City after college, I lived in the Lone Star State continuously for fifty years. Since then, Texas has been hit and miss—a little hit, but a heck of a lot of miss. There was a time when I thought I would happily die in Austin, Texas. But circumstances and weather—especially weather—changed that. Now, I spend most of the year on Fidalgo Island in Washington State, with a view of the bay and the mountains. When I get homesick, my husband and I listen to Willie Nelson. Soon, we are dancing the two-step, imagining we are at our favorite honky-tonk in Tokio, Texas, where the mayor is believed to be a dog. Who wouldn’t miss that?

Check out my award-winning mystery series: The Sydney Lockhart Mystery Series, set in the 1950s, the Kate Caraway Animal-Rights Mystery Series, and The Classic Triviography Mystery Series, which includes The Sherlock Holmes Quiz Book

 

My Vision

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My Mission

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My Goal

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MY WORK

My Best Seller

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My Books

My New Release

Murder at the Pontchartrain

I’m Sydney Lockhart. I solve murders, most of which I’m the primary suspect. My fiancée, Ralph Dixon, and I came to New Orleans to get married. Instead, he’s been arrested for a double murder, and I’m hunting for the real killer. Assisting me are a twelve-year-old voodoo queen, a ghost detective, and my crazy cousin Ruth. Wish me luck. I’ll need it.

Testimonial

What they say about my book ?

Kathleen served as our marketing director at Cave Art Press for five years. She reviewed manuscripts and recommended the best ones for publication. Kathleen has a knack for identifying hidden gems. Her insight was crucial in the publication of several of our books.

Réanne Hemingway-Douglass Publisher and Writer

I attended Kathleen’s class on ‘Book Proposals’ at WOTS in 2016, and she elevated my writing to a new plateau. I have thirty-five years of experience in aviation and no experience in writing. A great help for a neophyte like me.

Captain Art Krull Retired-Delta Airlines

Kathleen Kaska’s red pencil and “Good Job” comments have improved my writing and strengthened my ability to guide a story from beginning to end.

Karla Locke Author of The Blood Stone Queen

I attended Kathleen’s class on Book Proposals, where she shared examples of her successful proposals. Her handout outlining what to include was extremely helpful. I sent proposals for my new book to only two publishers, and both responded with offers.

Stephen Orsini On Going to Sea
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Blog

My New Story

On my blog, I share stories about growing up Catholic in a small Texas town, five-minute writing tips, and whatever else is on my mind that day.
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