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Occupation
  
Novelist

Language
  
English

Name
  
Karen Kijewski

Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Writer

Genre
  
Mystery


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Alma mater
  
University of California, Berkeley

Education
  
University of California, Berkeley

Awards
  
Shamus Award for Best First P. I. Novel

Books
  
Katwalk, Kat's Cradle, Kat scratch fever, Copy Kat, Honky Tonk Kat

Notable works
  
Kat Colorado series

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Karen Kijewski (pronounced key-EFF-ski) (born 1943) is an American writer of mystery novels, known for her Kat Colorado series.

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Biography

Kijewski was born in Berkeley, California, the daughter of University of California, Berkeley professor Clarence Glacken, and received B.A. and M.A. degrees from UC-Berkeley. She was a high school English teacher in Massachusetts for almost a decade before dedicating herself to writing. A resident of Sacramento, California, she made a living tending a bar while establishing herself as a novelist.

Kijewski is married and has two daughters.

Awards

Kijewskis first novel, Katwalk, received a mixed reception from reviewers; however it also won the 1990 Anthony Award and the Shamus Award the same year, both for "Best First Novel".

References

Karen Kijewski Wikipedia