About

From the Author

I grew up in Texas, but lived and worked in New York for twenty years. Upon returning to Dallas with my family, I made the decision to begin writing full-time, and in 2008 my first novel, The Heretic's Daughter, was published. The book is now in its twelfth printing and published in 17 countries. That novel was followed by two more works of historical fiction, The Traitor's Wife and The Outcasts. My first love has always been historical fiction, but when I was asked to submit a short story for a contemporary crime anthology, Dallas Noir, I became so intrigued by the main character, Detective Betty Rhyzyk, that I developed the story into a full-length novel. The first two books in the resulting trilogy, The Dime, and The Burn, were both Edgar Award nominees. The final book, The Pledge, was published in 2021.

Black Wolf, published February 2023, is my first spy thriller and a novel I've wanted to write for many years. It's a story I felt uniquely qualified to undertake, as it's based, in part, on my own experiences as a Department of Defense contractor assigned to the former Soviet Union in the early 1990's.

Author Biography

Kathleen Kent is a New York Times bestselling author and an Edgar Award Nominee for her contemporary crime trilogy, The Dime, The Burn, and The Pledge. Ms. Kent is also the author of three award-winning historical novels, The Heretic’s Daughter, The Traitor’s Wife, and The Outcasts. Her newest novel, Black Wolf, an international spy thriller, was published in February 2023 and has received glowing reviews in both the US and the UK. She has written short stories and essays for D Magazine, Texas Monthly, and LitHub, and has been published in the crime anthology Dallas Noir. In March 2020 she was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters for her contribution to Texas literature.