Mary Kay Andrews (born July 27, 1954)[1] is the pen name of American writer Kathy Hogan Trocheck, based in Atlanta, Georgia, who has authored a number of best-selling books under the Andrews pen name since 2002.[2]
Mary Kay Andrews | |
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 Andrews reading at the Gaithersburg Book Festival in 2016 | |
| Pen name | Mary Kay Andrews |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Georgia |
| Website | |
| marykayandrews | |
Trocheck graduated from the University of Georgia with a journalism degree in 1976. She worked as a reporter at a number of papers, and spent 11 years as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution before leaving to write fiction full-time in 1991.[3] She published ten mystery novels under her own name between 1992 and 2000, and switched to the Andrews pen name in 2002 to author Savannah Blues, which marked a change in her style to more Southern-flavored themes. Her pen name is inspired by the names of her children, Mary Kathleen and Andrew Trocheck.
Bibliography
editWriting as Kathy Hogan Trocheck
edit- Every Crooked Nanny (1992) (Callahan Garrity main character)[4]
- To Live and Die in Dixie (1993) (Garrity)
- Homemade Sin (1994) (Garrity)
- Happy Never After (1995) (Garrity)
- Heart Trouble (1996) (Garrity)
- Lickety Split (1996) (Truman Kicklighter main character)
- Strange Brew (1997) (Garrity)
- Crash Course (1997) (Kicklighter)
- Midnight Clear (1998) (Garrity)
- Irish Eyes (2000)
Writing as Mary Kay Andrews
edit- Savannah Blues (2002)
- Little Bitty Lies (2003)
- Hissy Fit (2004)[5]
- Savannah Breeze (2006)[6]
- Blue Christmas (2006)[7]
- Deep Dish (2008)[8]
- The Fixer Upper (2009)[9]
- Summer Rental (2011)[10]
- Spring Fever (2012)
- Ladies' Night (2013)
- Christmas Bliss (2013)
- Save the Date (2014)
- Beach Town (2015)
- The Weekenders (2016)
- The High Tide Club (2018)
- Sunset Beach (2019)
- Hello, Summer (2020)
- The Newcomer (2021)
- The Santa Suit (2021)
- The Homewreckers (2022)[11]
- Bright Lights, Big Christmas (2023)
- Summers at the Saint (2024)
References
edit- ^ Kathy Hogan Trocheck (aka Mary Kay Andrews), Georgia Center for the Book (DeKalb County Public Library), Retrieved August 15, 2011
- ^ Pate, Nancy (8 March 2002). A LITERARY LOST ANDFOUND; AUTHOR KATHY TROCHECK'S NEW NOVEL IS ALL ABOUT REINVENTION -- LOSING THE OLD SELF AND FINDING A NEW WAY HOME, Orlando Sentinel
- ^ Latimer, Anita (5 April 2007). Little Bitty Lies (Book Review) Archived 2017-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, The News-Reporter (Washington, Georgia)
- ^ (5 July 1992). Crime (short review included), The New York Times
- ^ (12 September 2004). New York Times Bestseller List, The New York Times (Hissy Fit appears on extended list at #21)
- ^ (30 April 2006). New York Times Bestseller List, The New York Times (Savannah Breeze appears on extended list at #18)
- ^ (17 December 2006). New York Times Bestseller List, The New York Times (Blue Christmas appears on extended list at #26)
- ^ (16 March 2008). /0316besthardfiction.html?pagewanted=print New York Times Bestseller List, The New York Times (Deep Dish debuts at #13)
- ^ (12 July 2009). New York Times Bestseller List, The New York Times (The Fixer Upper debuts at #13)
- ^ (26 June 2011). New York Times Bestseller List, The New York Times (Summer Rental debuts at #5)
- ^ "The Homewreckers • Mary Kay Andrews". Mary Kay Andrews. Retrieved 2022-02-24.