Kiera McCoy

Hello — I’m Kiera McCoy.

After many energetic years as a middle school teacher, I retired and finally gave myself permission to stop only reading mysteries and start writing them. Who knew that teaching twelve-year-olds would turn out to be excellent preparation for cozy crime fiction?

I imagine my stories in the small, fictional towns — the kind of place where neighbors wave, secrets travel fast, and the occasional ghost behaves politely. Most of my plot twists come to me during long walks with my dogs. Something about steady paws on gravel helps untangle fictional crimes before I’ve even made it home.

My husband of forty-seven years is my first reader and most honest beta critic. If he guesses the ending too soon, I quietly go back and make it slightly harder.

I adore animals, treasure my two grandchildren, and believe a sharp mind is the best detective tool of all. My mysteries are warm, clever, and twisty — with heart, humor, and never a need for gore.

Welcome here! There’s always another puzzle waiting.