Marilyn Richards
Toronto
Ontario CanadaContact: marilynkay@sympatico.caPen Name(s): Marilyn Kay
Ontario CanadaContact: marilynkay@sympatico.caPen Name(s): Marilyn Kay
Amateur Sleuth, Police Procedural, Short Fiction, Spy/Espionage, Suspense, Thriller
Passport to Murder, Thirteen Claws, In the Key of 13, In the Spirit of 13
Journey into the Dark, That Damn Cat, Her Perfume and Rise Up
Craft
Marilyn Kay’s crime fiction writing began with a short story in the Bouchercon anthology, Passport to Murder. Since then, she has published three more stories in crime anthologies. She is currently seeking representation for her novel, Love Thy Neighbor, which explores love, hate, diversity and belonging from the POV of a rookie homicide detective. Previously, Marilyn was a freelance journalist. Later, as a communicator for Ontario’s Child Welfare Secretariat, she received an Amethyst Award for the team’s contribution to child welfare reform. Themes of diversity, youth and community continue to influence her writing. Marilyn is a member of the Crime Writers of Canada, Sisters in Crime and the Mesdames of Mayhem collective. When she’s not engaged in creating murder and mayhem, she lives happily in Toronto with her husband, reads voraciously and FaceTimes with her daughter in the UK, under whose tutelage, Marilyn—to her surprise— has morphed into a Swiftie.