Kitty Griffin

Always curious about why people do what they do, Kitty studied criminal behavior in college. She worked with juvenile offenders as a counselor, but then as it happens, life took some twists and turns so Kitty worked as a waitress, a secretary, a mailman, a rehab counselor, a graphic artist, and here and there she has worked teaching children as young as two, high schoolers and as old as graduate students in college. Her writing also took some twists and turns, as she won state awards for her newspaper articles, starred reviews and awards for her picture books, and a first-place award for her screenplay, "Fisheye." Writing dominates her life, although she takes time to visit schools and libraries with her trained therapy dog, a corgi named Coriander. She also enjoys hiking, biking, and taking care of her flower and vegetable gardens on her four acres tucked away in a little valley in Western Pennsylvania. As Kitty enjoys writing mysteries she often reads this quote aloud to her three cats, Otto, Lucy, and Josephine--"I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat." Edgar Allan Poe