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Kathleen George | |
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| Born | Kathleen Elizabeth George July 7, 1943 Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Education | University of Pittsburgh (BA, MA, PhD) |
| Notable works | Taken (2001) Fallen (2004) Afterimage (2007) |
| Spouse | Hilary Masters |
Kathleen Elizabeth George (born July 7, 1943) is an American professor and writer best known for her series of crime novels set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She teaches theatre arts at the University of Pittsburgh [1] and fiction writing at the Chatham University Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing. [2]
She was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and educated at the University of Pittsburgh: B.A. in English (1964), M.A. in theatre arts (1966), Ph.D. in theatre arts (1975), and M.F.A. in creative writing (1988). [2]
Between 1968 and 1998 She directed numerous plays for Carlow College (where she taught), ‘the University of Pittsburgh, where she is a Professor, and The Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, a professional summer company at Pitt.
She teaches playwriting, dramatic literature, and sometimes creative writing at Pitt.
Her husband was writer Hilary Masters, [1] a professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University and son of Edgar Lee Masters, until his death on June 14, 2015.
She lives in Pittsburgh's Mexican War Streets. [3] [4] [5]
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