
Best friends since Catholic grade school, they now find themselves, in their mid-thirties, at the crossroads of life and love. She also owns two restored beach cottages on Tybee Island, GA-both of which are named for locations in her novels, and both of which are available for rent through Tybee Vacation Rentals.Sometimes, when you need a change in your life, the tide just happens to pull you in the right direction. After a three-year hiatus in Raleigh, NC, she and her husband moved back to their old neighborhood in Atlanta. Married to her high school sweetheart, Tom, she has two adult children and two grandchildren. in newspaper journalism from The University of Georgia (go Dawgs!), and is a frequent lecturer and writing teacher at workshops including Emory University, The University of Georgia’s Harriet Austin Writer’s Workshop, the Tennessee Mountain Writer’s Workshop, and the Antioch Writer’s Workshop. Department Store School of Charm), she started her professional journalism career in Savannah, Georgia, where she covered the real-life murder trials which were the basis of MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL.Īs a lifelong “junker” the author claims to know the location of every promising thrift store, flea market and junkpile in the Southeastern United States, plus many parts of Ohio. Petersburg, Florida (and a diplomate of the Maas Bros. Her mysteries have been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity Awards.Ī native of St.



Mary Kay Andrews is the New York Times bestselling author of 26 novels including SUNSET BEACH, THE HIGH TIDE CLUB, THE WEEKENDERS, BEACH TOWN, LADIES’ NIGHT, SUMMER RENTAL, DEEP DISH, HISSY FIT, SAVANNAH BREEZE, and SAVANNAH BLUES.Ī former reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, she wrote ten critically acclaimed mysteries, including the Callahan Garrity mystery series, under her “real” name, which is Kathy Hogan Trocheck.
