Katherine Jean "Kate" Ross (June 21, 1956 – March 12, 1998) was an American mystery author who wrote four books set in Regency-era England about the dandy Julian Kestrel.
The novels in the series are Cut to the Quick (1994), which won the 1994 Gargoyle award for in the category of Best Historical Mystery, A Broken Vessel (1995), Whom the Gods Love (1996) and The Devil in Music (1997), which won the 1997 Agatha Award for in the category of Best Novel.[1]The Lullaby Cheat (1997), a short story featuring Kestrel, is included in the mystery anthology Crime Through Time, edited by Miriam Grace Monfredo and Sharan Newman. Her short story, "The Unkindest Cut", was published in the 1998 anthology Past Poisons: An Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime.[2]
Education
Ross attended Wellesley College and Yale Law School before becoming a trial lawyer before she became a novelist.
Death
Ross died of breast cancer in 1998 at the age of 41.[3] She was buried in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
See also
References
- ^ * Agatha Award Archived 2017-01-21 at the Wayback Machine, malicedomestic.org; accessed December 9, 2014.
- ^ Kate Ross at Goodreads
- ^ I Will Follow, a memorial web site]; accessed December 9, 2014.
External links
- Mystery Book Awards, littlemoon.com; accessed December 9, 2014.