Kathryn Miller Haines is an actor, mystery writer, and award-winning playwright. She grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and received her BA in English and Theatre from Trinity University in San Antonio and her MFA in English from the University of Pittsburgh. She's a member of the Mary Roberts Rinehart Chapter of Sisters in Crime and has been a board member of the New York chapter of Mystery Writers of America. She is the author of Rosie Winter mystery series (HarperCollins), and of The Girl is Murder (Roaring Brook Press, a division of MacMillan) which has been nominated for the 2012 Edgar Award for best Young Adult Mystery, nominated for an American Library Association YALSA award, and named one of the best books for young adults by the Texas State Library Association. A sequel, The Girl is Trouble, will be out in July 2012.

She lives in Western Pennsylvania with her husband, son, and their canine companion.

The Road to Publication...

One of the things I've enjoyed over the years is reading how other writers got published, so here's a quick and dirty description of the loooong path I took to to get here and a few words of advice to enjoy with your grain of salt. read more