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Kathy Lynn Emerson is an American writer of historical and mystery novels and non-fiction. She also uses the pseudonyms Kaitlyn Dunnett and Kate Emerson. Emerson writes historical mysteries as Kathy Lynn Emerson, historical fiction set in royal courts as Kate Emerson, and contemporary mystery books as Kaitlyn Dunnett. Her book How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries was nominated for two industry awards and won the 2008 Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction. Emerson was born and grew up in New York state. After graduating from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, she continued for graduate school at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She also taught at Tidewater Community College in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She now lives on a Christmas tree farm in Wilton, Maine, with her husband and three cats. Mysteries as Kaitlyn Dunnett As Kaitlyn Dunnett, she writes the Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series, published by Kensington Books. These are: Kilt Dead, novel originally published in 2007 Scone Cold Dead, novel originally published in 2008 A Wee Christmas Homicide, novel originally published in 2009 The Corpse Wore Tartan, novel originally published in 2010 Scotched, novel originally published in 2011 Bagpipes, Brides, and Homicides, novel originally published in 2012 Vampires, Bones, and Treacle Scones, novel originally published in 2013 Ho-Ho-Homicide, novel originally published in 2014 The Scottie Barked At Midnight, novel originally published in 2015Historical fiction as Kate Emerson As Kate Emerson, she writes historical non-mystery fiction set in the 16th century. The Secrets of the Tudor Court series comprises: The Pleasure Palace, novel originally published in 2009 Between Two Queens, novel originally published in 2010 By Royal Decree, novel originally published in 2010 At the King's Pleasure, novel originally published in 2012 The King's Damsel, novel originally published in 2012Historical mysteries as Kathy Lynn Emerson She writes historical mysteries as Kathy Lynn Emerson.The Face Down Mysteries feature Susanna, Lady Appleton, a 16th-century gentlewoman, herbalist, and sleuth. In chronological order, they are: “The Body in the Dovecote” (1552), short story “Much Ado About Murder” (1556), short story Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie (1559), novel originally published in 1997 “The Rubaiyat of Nicholas Baldwin” (1559), short story Face Down Upon an Herbal (1561), novel originally published in 1998 “Lady Appleton and the London Man” (1562), short story Face Down Among the Winchester Geese (1563), novel originally published in 1999 “Lady Appleton and the Cautionary Herbal” (1564), short story Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross (1565), novel originally published in 2000 Face Down Under the Wych Elm (1567), novel originally published in 2000 Face Down Before Rebel Hooves (1569), novel originally published in 2001 “The Riddle of the Woolsack” (1569), short story Face Down Across the Western Sea (1571), novel originally published in 2002 “Lady Appleton and the Cripplegate Chrisoms” (1572), short story “Lady Appleton and the Bristol Crystals” (1572), short story Face Down Below the Banqueting House (1573), novel originally published in 2005 Face Down Beside St. Anne's Well (1575), novel originally published in 2006 “Encore for a Neck Verse” (1576), short story “Confusions Most Monstrous” (1577), short story “Death by Devil's Turnips” (1577), short story Face Down O’er the Border (1577), novel originally published 2007 “Any Means Short of Murder” (1579), short story “A Wondrous Violent Motion” (1580), short story, published in December 2013 Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine “The Curse of the Figure Flinger” (1585), short story “Lady Appleton and the Yuletide Hogglers” (1586), short story Murders and Other Confusions: The Chronicles of Susanna, Lady Appleton, Gentlewoman, Herbalist, and Sleuth, anthology of short stories, published by Crippen & Landru, 2004 Crimes and Confusions, anthology of short stories, published in 2010The Diana Spaulding 1888 Mysteries or Diana Spaulding 1888 Quartet feature a journalist from late 19th-century America. In chronological order, they are: Deadlier than the Pen (set in March 1888), novel originally published in 2004 “The Kenduskeag Killer” (set in early April 1888), short story “The Telltale Twinkle” (set in early April 1888), short story Fatal as a Fallen Woman (set in April 1888), novel originally published in 2005 No Mortal Reason (set in May 1888), novel originally published in 2007 Lethal Legend (set in June 1888), novel originally published in 2008 Crimes and Confusions, anthology of short storiesOther titles as Kathy Lynn Emerson Emerson has written a number of other fiction titles. These include: 4 books for young readers aged 8–12, originally published from 1985 to 1991 14 romance novels, originally published in 1990s, that are currently out of print Someday, a romantic suspense novel for young adults, originally published in 2001 Shalla, an American colonial-era historical novel for young readers, originally published in 2010She also has three book-length nonfiction titles: Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth Century England, originally published in 1984; replaced by the revised and enlarged A Who's Who of Tudor Women The Writer’s Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England, originally published in 1996 How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries: The Art and Adventure of Sleuthing Through the Past, originally published in 2008Awards Winner of the 2008 Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction: How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries Nominated for the 2009 Anthony Award for Best Critical Non-fiction Work: How to Write Killer Historical MysteriesReferences External links Kathy Lynn Emerson website Kaitlyn Dunnett website Kate Emerson website. 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  • The Face Down Collection Three synopsis, comments

    The Face Down Collection Three

    Kathy Lynn Emerson

    Following Volumes One and Two, here is the third in this threevolume collection. Together for the first time are books eight through ten in Kathy Lynn Emerson's Face Down series, h...

  • The Face Down Collection One synopsis, comments

    The Face Down Collection One

    Kathy Lynn Emerson

    Together for the first timethe first three novels and five short stories in Kathy Lynn Emerson's Face Down series, hailed as "a solid bet for historical mystery fans" (Publishers W...

  • The Mystery of the Missing Bagpipes synopsis, comments

    The Mystery of the Missing Bagpipes

    Kathy Lynn Emerson

    Spending three weeks in rural Maine listening to the sound of bagpipes isn't 12yearold Kim Hanlon's idea of fun, but her father has signed up to attend classes in playing that inst...

  • How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries 2022 Edition synopsis, comments

    How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries 2022 Edition

    Kathy Lynn Emerson

    This new edition of How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries is the author's personal take on writing historical mysteries, based on over forty years in print as a writer of fictio...

  • Shalla synopsis, comments

    Shalla

    Kathy Lynn Emerson

    Set in Colonial Rhode Island in the midseventeenth century, Shalla is the fictionalized story of a real person, one of the children of Rhode Island founder Samuel Gorton, who was k...

  • The Valentine Veilleux Mysteries synopsis, comments

    The Valentine Veilleux Mysteries

    Kathy Lynn Emerson & Kaitlyn Dunnett

    The three short stories and a novella that comprise The Valentine Veilleux Mysteries feature professional photographer Valentine Veilleux as an amateur sleuth. Val specializes in c...

  • The Waycross Springs Trilogy synopsis, comments

    The Waycross Springs Trilogy

    Kathy Lynn Emerson

    The Waycross Springs Trilogy: The three novels in this omnibus edition were all previously published as category romances by Bantam Loveswept and all three include characters who l...

  • Death of an Intelligence Gatherer synopsis, comments

    Death of an Intelligence Gatherer

    Kathy Lynn Emerson

    In 1554, scores of English Protestants fled into exile on the Continent after Mary Tudor took the throne and returned England to Catholicism. Sir Henry Ingram and his daughter Cord...

  • The Life of a Plodder synopsis, comments

    The Life of a Plodder

    Kathy Lynn Gorton Emerson

    When he was in his eighties, Fred Gorton wrote his autobiography as a series of essays. After his death, his granddaughter inherited those handwritten pages, edited them, and ...

  • Well, Hell synopsis, comments

    Well, Hell

    Sanford Emerson

    Do you like eccentric characters? Rural settings? Weird crimes? Welcome to the world of Bobby Wing, Constable, Fence Viewer, Deputy Fire Warden and Animal Control Officer of Skedad...

  • Love and Murder in the Time of the Tudors synopsis, comments

    Love and Murder in the Time of the Tudors

    Kathy Lynn Emerson

    Love and Murder in the Time of the Tudors: Two Novels of Romantic Suspense set in sixteenthcentury EnglandUnquiet Hearts was first published in 1994 for the Harper Monogram line. I...

  • The Face Down Collection Two synopsis, comments

    The Face Down Collection Two

    Kathy Lynn Emerson

    Following Volume One (2021), here is the second in this threevolume collection. Together for the first time are books four through seven in Kathy Lynn Emerson's Face Down series, h...

  • Nellie Bly synopsis, comments

    Nellie Bly

    Kathy Lynn Emerson

    "Emerson makes her come alive without contriving events or dialogue." The Book ReportAimed at young readers, Nellie Bly is the story of the groundbreaking investigative reporter wh...

  • The Nostalgia Trilogy synopsis, comments

    The Nostalgia Trilogy

    Kathy Lynn Emerson

    The Nostalgia TrilogyThe three novels in this omnibus edition were first published as category romances in the 1990s. Collected here for the first time, they provide a glimpse into...

  • Diana Spaulding 1888 Mysteries synopsis, comments

    Diana Spaulding 1888 Mysteries

    Kathy Lynn Emerson

    This collection of Kathy Lynn Emerson's historical mysteries featuring Diana Spaulding, journalist for a New York scandal sheet, as the amateur detective, contains four complete no...

  • The Maine Quartet synopsis, comments

    The Maine Quartet

    Kathy Lynn Emerson

    These four romance novels, originally published between 1989 and 1997, have been newly edited by the author and are now collected for the first time in this omnibus edition.In Clou...