Kieran York

Kieran York worked as a reporter for both newpapers and magazines and was a magazine publisher for three years. She has written mainstream work including poetry and general fiction.

Kieran has authored the Royce Madison mysteries: Timber City Masks and Crystal Mountain Veiles. She also wrote a collection of lesbian short stories entitled Sugar With Spice. During the seventies she wrote and performed songs with a woman's band.

Kieran has been a guest lecturer and panel member at various events, including Rocky Mountain Book Exhibition, Colorado Women Musicians Series, and Sisters in Crime Mystery Writers programs. She has written for "Journal of Mystery Readers International." In addition, she has given numerous campus and coffeehouse performances, poetry readings and taught poetry and creative writing workshops.

She graduated from a Kansas university and attended Mexico's University of Americas her junior year. She has done graduate work at the University of Colorado.

Kieran lives in the Rocky Mountain foothills with her schnauzer. She enjoys gardening, music, literature, and art.