KATE KHAVARI is the author of fiction ranging from historical mysteries to high fantasy epics. She has her parents to thank for her fascination for historical mysteries, as she spent the majority of her childhood memorizing Sherlock Holmes’s and Poirot’s greatest quips. A former teacher, Kate has a deep appreciation for research and creativity, not to mention the multitasking ability she now relies on as an author and stay at home mother to her toddler son. She lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas with her husband, son, and a lovely garden that contains absolutely no poisonous plants.

KATHARINE SCHELLMAN is a former actor and one-time political consultant. These days, she writes the Lily Adler Mysteries (Crooked Lane Books) and the Nightingale Mysteries (Minotaur/St. Martin’s Press). LAST CALL AT THE NIGHTINGALE, her newest release, is a PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Summer Reads Pick for 2022 and a BOOKPAGE Most Anticipated Mystery & Suspense Book of 2022. Her debut novel, THE BODY IN THE GARDEN, was one of SUSPENSE MAGAZINE’s Best Books of 2020 and led to her being named one of BOOKPAGE’s 16 Women to Watch in 2020. Its sequel, SILENCE IN THE LIBRARY, was praised as “worthy of Agatha Christie or Rex Stout.” (LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred review) Katharine lives and writes in the mountains of Virginia in the company of her husband, children, and the many houseplants she keeps accidentally murdering.

Virtual Event - Kate Khavari in discussion with Katharine Schellman