A FATAL FINALE (Ella Shane Mystery #1), A FATAL FIRST NIGHT (Ella Shane Mystery #2), A FATAL OVERTURE (Ella Shane Mystery #3), LIVE, LOCAL, AND DEAD (Vermont Radio Mystery #1), WRONG POISON (Grace the HIt Mom Mystery #1), THE STUFF OF MURDER (Old Stuff Mysteries #1), A FATAL RECEPTION (Ella Shane Mystery #4), LIVE, LOCAL, AND LONG DEAD (Vermont Radio Mystery #2), HOUND OF THE BONNEVILLES (Grace the Hit Mom #2), THE STUFF OF MAYHEM (Old Stuff #2), A FATAL HONEYMOON (Ella Shane Novella, #4A in series)
Ella Shane Mysteries, Vermont Radio Mysteries, Grace the Hit Mom Mysteries, OId Stuff Mysteries
Amateur Sleuth, Cozy, Historical, Traditional
Murder New York Style #5: Justice for All, Dark and Stormy Night, Crimeucopia: Tales from the Back Porch, Little Shop of Murders, Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Short Stories, 2022
"The Annual Mud Season Homicide, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2023. "The Custodian of the Body," Black Cat Weekly, May 2023. "The Telltale Request," Mystery Magazine, September 2023. "The New York Goodbye," Black Cat Weekly, September 2023.
Bookseller, Craft, Librarian, Subject Expertise, The Business of Writing
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Kathleen Marple Kalb describes herself as an Author/Anchor/Mom…not in that order. An award-winning weekend anchor at New York’s 1010 WINS Radio, she writes short stories and novels including The Stuff of Murder, and the upcoming Ella Shane mystery, A Fatal Reception, both from Level Best Books. As Nikki Knight, she writes the Grace the Hit Mom and Vermont Radio mysteries. Her stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, and others, and been short-listed for Derringer and Black Orchid Novella Awards. She, her husband, and son live in a Connecticut house owned by their cat.