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Kay Hooper | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Merced County, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | East Rutherford High School (Bostic, North Carolina) Isothermal Community College (Spindale, North Carolina) |
| Period | 1980–present |
| Genre | romance, suspense |
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Kay Hooper (born 1957) is a New York Times bestselling American author of more than 60 books. [1] [2]
Kay Hooper was born in Merced County, California to Martha and James Hooper. Her father, an Air Force employee, was stationed in the base hospital. James, Martha (1938-2002), and Kay lived on the base. Shortly after Kay's birth, the family moved back to North Carolina where she was raised and went to school. Her two younger siblings were born in North Carolina. [3]
Kay Hooper lives in Rutherford County, North Carolina, near her father and her siblings. She fosters cats and kittens for the Community Pet Center, a non-profit rescue organization on whose board she also sits. [4]
Her first book, entitled The Lady Thief, was published in 1981 and she has since gone on to publish over 70 books. She made the New York Times Best Sellers List in 2000 with her book Stealing Shadows [5] and was nominated for the Shamus Award for Best Original P.I. Paperback for House of Cards, part of The Bishop Series, in 1992. [6]
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