Kathleen George

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Kathleen George
BornKathleen Elizabeth George
(1943-07-07) July 7, 1943 (age 81)
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation
  • Professor
  • writer
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]

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Early life and education

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.

Personal life

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]

Works

Sources

  1. 1 2 Isenberg, Robert. "Kathleen George took an unlikely route from theater professor to mystery author". Pittsburgh City Paper . Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing Faculty - Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA". chatham.edu. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  3. "Obituary: Hilary Masters / Writer, teacher called 'a true man of letters'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  4. "CMU's Hilary Masters fiction, essays in '09". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  5. "Local writer 'Taken' with kidnap plot". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2016.