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The Short Bio:
Kathy McIntosh has loved words since her father quoted limericks and her mother shouted, “Not in front of the girls!”
After a career that took her from scooping hard ice cream at Howard Johnson’s to giving customers the scoop on the latest high technology, with many flavors of jobs in between, Kathy quit to write full-time.
Living for eight short years a long five miles up a rutted dirt road in Idaho, Kathy braved badgers, bats, wild turkeys and the occasional rattlesnake. She became an expert on long johns, finding none to be sexy, and driving snowy roads without dying. Now she explores rocky paths, braving javelinas, saguaro, coyotes and the occasional rattlesnake. She’s discovered that great margaritas and lots of sun screen help her enjoyment. Kathy loves to read, travel, and explore different cultures and cuisines, sometimes all at once.
Two cats and a Catahoula cur made the move to Tucson with Kathy and her husband, but all have since crossed the Rainbow Bridge. However, the lizards, dove, quail and roadrunners right out the back door make good company, with scorpions and those occasional rattlesnakes adding zing.
When she’s not writing-or enjoying any of the aforementioned vices, Kathy loves to give presentations, always with the aim of helping her audience smile—or laugh out loud—and consider new ideas.
The Long Bio:
Kathy McIntosh has loved words since her father quoted limericks and her mother shouted, “Not in front of the girls!”
Kathy grew up in the San Fernando Valley outside LA, and earned a B.A. from The College of Idaho, a small liberal arts school in Caldwell, Idaho. (“Go, Yotes!”) Years later, she earned an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, a slightly larger institute of learning.
After a career that took her from scooping hard ice cream at Howard Johnson’s to giving customers the scoop on the latest high technology, with many flavors of jobs in between, Kathy quit to write full-time.
Living for eight short years a long five miles up a rutted dirt road in Idaho, Kathy braved badgers, bats, wild turkeys and the occasional rattlesnake. She became an expert on long johns, finding none to be sexy, and driving snowy roads without dying. Now she explores rocky paths, braving javelinas, saguaro, coyotes and the occasional rattlesnake. She’s discovered that great margaritas and lots of sunscreen help her enjoyment. Kathy loves to read, travel, and explore different cultures and cuisines, sometimes all at once.
Two cats and a Catahoula cur moved with Kathy and her husband to Tucson, but all have since crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Nowadays the lizards, dove and quail right out the back door make good company, with scorpions and those occasional rattlesnakes adding what she thinks of as zing.
A co-founder of the popular mystery lovers’ conference, Murder in the Grove in Boise, Idaho, Kathy is a member of Tucson Sisters in Crime, Arizona Mystery Writers, the Society of Southwestern Authors and International Thriller Writers. She has received awards for her books and short stories. She also co-wrote The Healthwise Handbook, a guide for patients, in 1976, now in its 17th edition.
