K.T. McGivens

I was born in Washington, D.C. (USA) and have lived in Florida for over 30 years.

My daughter. She also serves as one of my proofreaders.

It was a Nancy Drew Mystery called “The Secret of Red Gate Farm.” It was a mystery that kept me spellbound and compelled me to read more of the series.

It is called “Betty Thanks the Sun” and describes a person who brought enlightenment to others.

Selecting the ones I think are best out of nearly 100 poems that I have written.

I started out as a public school teacher and, later, a college professor so having a Bachelor Degree was required. I also have a Master’s Degree.

There are two that took me more time to write than the rest. They are also the longest. They are “The Ghost of Golden Joe” (Book 4) and “The Incident on Ivory Island” (Book 10).

Like all my mystery stories, I looked for a unique situation or crime for my main character, Katie Porter, to solve that would have been possible in 1947, the year the series takes place. I usually do this by studying famous crimes of that decade or events that occurred during or just after WWII. There was a real-life invention at the time called The Glamour Bonnet, that supposedly made women look younger. I ran across an ad for it and thought it would be a really interesting way to kill someone! So, in “The Incident on Ivory Island” there is a murder attempt using that crazy contraption.

To keep writing and never give up. Members of my writing group on Twitter told me that and continue to encourage me.

K.T. McGivens is my pen name.

I write, read, and enjoy music. I also like to watch documentaries on TV.

Yes, they’ve both read the entire series so far.

I haven’t entirely modeled a character after a friend although I will take a personality trait from someone I know and put it in a character. And I suppose there are bits of me on all my characters.

I am currently working on Book 11 of my Katie Porter Mystery series.

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