Kay Hooper

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Kay Hooper
Born1957 (age 6667)
Merced County, California, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
EducationEast Rutherford High School (Bostic, North Carolina)

Isothermal Community College (Spindale, North Carolina)
Period1980–present
Genreromance, suspense
Website
www.kayhooper.com

Kay Hooper (born 1957) is a New York Times bestselling American author of more than 60 books. [1] [2]

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Biography

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]

Selected works

The Quinn/Thief series

  1. Once a Thief. October 2002. ISBN   978-0-553-58511-7.
  2. Always a Thief. November 2002. ISBN   978-0-553-58568-1.

The Men of Mysteries Past series

  1. All for Quinn / August 1993
  2. The Trouble with Jared / June 1993
  3. Hunting the Wolfe / April 1993
  4. The Touch of Max / February 1993

The Once Upon a Time series

  1. The Matchmaker / October 1991
  2. Star-Crossed Lovers / October 1990
  3. The Lady and the Lion / September 1990
  4. Through the Looking Glass / June 1990
  5. What Dreams May Come / April 1990
  6. The Glass Shoe / November 1989
  7. Golden Threads / September 1989

The Bishop / Special Crimes Unit series

Shadows trilogy
  1. Stealing Shadows. August 2000. ISBN   978-0-553-57553-8.
  2. Hiding in the Shadows. September 2000. ISBN   978-0-553-57692-4.
  3. Out of the Shadows. October 2000. ISBN   978-0-553-57695-5.
Evil trilogy
  1. Touching Evil. July 2001. ISBN   978-0-553-58344-1.
  2. Whisper of Evil. July 2002. ISBN   978-0-553-58346-5.
  3. Sense of Evil. July 2003. ISBN   978-0-553-80300-6.
Fear trilogy
  1. Hunting Fear. July 2004. ISBN   978-0-553-80316-7.
  2. Chill of Fear. July 2005. ISBN   978-0-553-80317-4.
  3. Sleeping With Fear. July 2006. ISBN   978-0-553-80318-1.
Blood trilogy
  1. Blood Dreams. December 2007. ISBN   978-0-553-80484-3.
  2. Blood Sins. December 2008. ISBN   978-0-553-80485-0.
  3. Blood Ties. January 2010. ISBN   978-0-553-80486-7.
Haven trilogy
  1. Haven. July 2012. ISBN   978-0-425-25874-3.
  2. Hostage. November 2013. [7]
  3. Haunted. September 2014.
Dark Trilogy
  1. Fear the Dark. October 2015.
  2. Wait for Dark. March 2017.
  3. Hold Back the Dark. April 2018.
The Bishop Files
  1. The First Prophet. November 2012.
  2. A Deadly Web. December 2014.
  3. Final Shadows. December 2018.
Bishop / Special Crimes Unit
  1. Hidden Salem. April 2020.

The Hagen series

  1. Aces High / April 1989
  2. It Takes a Thief / March 1989
  3. Captain's Paradise / December 1988
  4. Shades of Gray / October 1988
  5. Outlaw Derek / April 1988
  6. Unmasking Kelsey / February 1988
  7. The Fall of Lucas Kendrick / January 1988
  8. Zach's Law / December 1987
  9. Rafferty's Wife / November 1987
  10. Raven on the Wing / May 1987
  11. In Serena's Web / April 1987

Compilations

Stand-alone novels

Stories published in anthologies

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References

  1. "Paperback Mass-Market Fiction Books - Best Sellers". The New York Times. December 23, 2012.
  2. "Hardcover Fiction Books - Best Sellers". The New York Times. August 19, 2012.
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  6. Autumn Corbitt (November 19, 2015). "Once a thief, always a thief". The Chronicle at WVU Parkersburg.
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