Kathleen George
Encyclopedia
Kathleen Elizabeth George (born July 7, 1943) is an American
professor and writer best known for her series of crime novels set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
.
She was born in Johnstown
, Pennsylvania and educated at the University of Pittsburgh
: B.A. (summa cum laude), 1964, M.A. (theatre), 1966, Ph.D. (theatre), 1975, M.F.A. (creative writing), 1988. She teaches theatre arts at the University of Pittsburgh and fiction writing at the Chatham University Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing.
She is married to the writer Hilary Masters
, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University
. They reside in Pittsburgh.
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professor and writer best known for her series of crime novels set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
.
She was born in Johnstown
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...
, Pennsylvania and educated at the University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
: B.A. (summa cum laude), 1964, M.A. (theatre), 1966, Ph.D. (theatre), 1975, M.F.A. (creative writing), 1988. She teaches theatre arts at the University of Pittsburgh and fiction writing at the Chatham University Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing.
She is married to the writer Hilary Masters
Hilary Masters
Hilary Masters is an American writer.He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Edgar Lee Masters, a writer, and Ellen Frances Coyne Masters. He attended Davidson College from 1944–1946, then served in the U.S. Navy from 1946 to 1947 as a naval correspondent...
, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
. They reside in Pittsburgh.
Works
- Rhythm in Drama, (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1980)
- Playwriting: The First Workshop, (Boston: Focal Press, 1994)
- The Man in the Buick and Other Stories, (Kansas City: BkMk Press, University of Missouri, 1999)
- TakenTaken (novel)Taken is a crime novel by the American writer Kathleen George set in 1990s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.It tells the story of a baby taken in broad daylight downtown Pittsburgh...
, novel (New York: Delacorte, 2001) - FallenFallen (novel)Fallen is a crime novel by the American writer Kathleen George set in 1990s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.It tells the story of the murder of a Pittsburgh doctor, Dan Ross, his distraught wife, and how Commander Richard Christie tracks the killer.-Sources:...
, novel (New York: Bantam, 2004) - Winter's Tales: Reflections on the Novelistic Stage, (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2005)
- AfterimageAfterimage (novel)Afterimage is a crime novel by the American writer Kathleen George set in contemporary Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.It tells the story of two murders, one of a woman and one of a child, that seem to be unrelated...
, novel (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2007) - The Odds, novel (New York: Minotaur Books, 2009)