Kyra Davis

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Kyra Davis
Born (1972-08-23) August 23, 1972 (age 51)
Santa Clara, California, U.S.
OccupationWriter, novelist
Nationality American
Education Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Fashion Institute of Technology
GenreMystery,
Chick lit,
Women's fiction,
Romance
Notable worksSophie Katz,
Just One Night
Spouse Rod Lurie
Children3
Website
kyradavis.com

Kyra Davis (born August 23, 1972) is an American novelist. She is best known for her Just One Night trilogy and the Sophie Katz mystery series. [1] In 2013 Anonymous Content optioned Davis' Just One Night trilogy with the intent to develop it into a television series. [2]

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Biography

Davis was born in Santa Clara, California, to a Jewish single mother who raised Davis with the help of family. She was named after Kira Argounova, the protagonist in Ayn Rand's novel We The Living . Her father was African-American and her mother was of Eastern European descent, giving Davis a mixed heritage. Davis attended the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising and Fashion Institute of Technology, during which time she met and married her first husband. Davis later attended the Golden Gate University, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in business and humanities. In 2001 Davis filed for divorce. [3] Davis began writing the Sophie Katz series due to the stress resulting from the divorce and published her first novel through Red Dress Ink in 2005. [4] In 2013 Davis published the Just One Night trilogy through Simon & Schuster's digital imprint. [5]

Davis lives in Los Angeles, California, with her son and her husband, director and screenwriter Rod Lurie, who has two children from a prior relationship. She has two step children from Rod, Paige (who has a cat) and Hunter whom she loves very much. [6]

Critical reception

Reception to Davis's work has been positive, [7] [8] with "Just One Night" getting a starred review in Publishers Weekly and Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss being one of GalleyCat's "Featured Book of Color Pick of the Day". [9] The Houston Chronicle praised Sex, Murder and a Double Latte, calling it "a terrific mystery". [10]

So Much For My Happy Ending received positive reviews, with Boston.com saying that the book had a "sensitive, honest, engaging voice". [11]

Bibliography

Just One Night trilogy

Pure Sin

Sophie Katz Mysteries

Standalone novels

Non-fiction

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