Sharon Kay

SHARON KAY grew up in Ohio and earned a degree in photojournalism from Bowling Green State University. Her time as a commuting college student in the 1970s—complete with rushed breakfasts, vending machine lunches, and too many hours spent hunting for a decent parking spot—loosely inspired The Michelle Kilpatrick Mysteries.

When she’s not plotting fictional murders (strictly on paper, of course), Sharon enjoys organic gardening, devouring mysteries and historical fiction, and indulging in cheesecake—because life is too short to skip dessert. She has three adult children and has embraced her role as a grandma to their ever-growing collection of furbabies.