Kathy McKenzie-Runk

Kathy McKenzie-Runk

Award winning author of the Writer's Digest 80th Annual Competition - Children/Ya category. 12th place for "Flight to Freedom," inspired by the adoption of a Vietnamese orphan in the 1970's. Also second place winner of the Writer's Network of South Florida's contest, children's cateory for "A Dolphin's Tale."

Kathy sold her first article when she was 8 years old to the York Junior Dispatch, a publication in her community that encouraged children to write. As she grew older, many of her articles were published. Her fifth grade teacher said "Kathy's favorite thing to do is to write compositions."

Her first mystery novel for adults is named "Blood Ties" and is the story of a sheriff, adopted as an infant, who finds the killer's DNA profile matching his own. The second book in the series is "Murder in the Caribbean." The third book in the series was released Christmas 2012 and titled, "Murder in Miami." Book four in the mystery series, "Murder at the Zoo" was released in July, 2014. "Murder at the Rectory" was released in 2017. All books are in paperback and e-book format and available at most booksellers and libraries.

The screenplay for "Blood Ties: The Souvenir Killer" is in process by award-winning screenwriter and author Luis Aponte.

The Spanish translation of "Puppy Gets a Family" was released in 2016.