|
Kay Stockham
Kay has always wanted to be a writer, ever since the age of
seven or eight when she copied the pictures out of a Charlie
Brown book and rewrote the story because she didn't like the
plot. Through the years her stories have changed, but one
thing always stayed true: romance. Each and every one of her
manuscripts included a love story so what else could she be
but a romance writer?
She's worked as a receptionist, a secretary for several law
firms, a grunt in a library, a computer lab tech and also
tried her hand at being an office manager for a commercial
real estate development company. But while these various
jobs paid the bills, she always dreamed of becoming an author.
Her chance came after she decided to stay home to raise her
family. While she loved being home, she was climbing the
walls. Dirty clothes, dishes, sweeping? They weren't for
her. So she tried her hand at writing the stories she liked
to read and five and a half years later, Kay sold a story to
Harlequin Superromance. In less than three years, she's sold
a total of nine stories to Superromance and has a novella
featured in THE POWER OF LOVE (June 2008) by Berkley.
Kay has been nominated for several awards, including the
HOLT Medallion, Book Buyer's Best and the prestigious RITA
Award. Praised for her emotional, heart-warming characters
and stories, Kay isn't afraid to talk about the things
people deal with in today's world. Topics like cancer, past
sexual abuse and parenting teenaged girls. Readers relate to
Kay's evocative stories with laughter and tears, and as one
reviewer put it, "Kay Stockham is fast becoming a must-buy
author...get ready to feel the power of romance and love."
Born and raised in Kentucky, Kay now lives in a small
southern Ohio town and says she simply writes: "Romance from
my heart to yours."
Photo courtesy of Photos by Danielle
|