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Kathy (Wernly) Clark is an American bestselling author of contemporary romance novels that encompass the young adult mystery, new adult romantic suspense, erotic romance and contemporary romance genres. She has also published works under the pen names of Kris Cassidy and Bob Kat (Co-written with her husband, Bob Wernly). [1]
Kathy Clark was born in Houston, Texas, grew up in Alvin, Texas and graduated from Sam Rayburn High School [2] [ circular reference ] in Pasadena, Texas. She sold her first book to Dell for their Candlelight Ecstasy romance line in 1983. In 1989 she sold Sweet Anticipation to Harlequin American [3] which began a long association with Harlequin editor Tahti Carter. Clark's 23 women's fiction (romance) novels have sold over 3 million copies in more than 10 languages and have been on the New York Times’ bestsellers’ list and won numerous awards. [ citation needed ]
In 2015, she graduated summa cum laude from York College of Pennsylvania with a BA in Mass Communications and Fine Arts with a perfect 4.0 GPA. She then worked as an adjunct professor at York College and taught an upper-level media writing class.
In 2012, she teamed up with her husband Bob Wernly to write a young adult time travel mystery/romance series called Time Shifters under the pen name of Bob Kat.
Beginning in 2013, Clark began co-writing all of her books with Wernly. They have self-published three books in their new adult series Scandals under the name Kathy Clark.
In 2015, their Denver Heroes series was published by Random House, followed in 2016 with their Austin Heroes series.[ citation needed ]
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