Katherine Cowley is an American author of historical mysteries, short stories, and essays. She is also a lecturer."2022 Conference Sessions", LDSPMA: Latter-day Saints in Publishing, Media, and the Arts. Retrieved on 18 January 2024.
Cowley lives in Michigan and has taught writing at Western Michigan University.Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet, "About the Author," p. 332.
Writing awards Cowley's debut novel, The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet, was a finalist for the 2022 Mystery Writers of America Mary Higgins Clark Award of the Edgar Awards."Mary Higgins Clark Award", Retrieved on 18 January 2024."MWA 2022 Symposium: The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award", Retrieved on 18 January 2024.Cogdill, Oline. "2022 Edgar Nominations", Retrieved on 18 January 2024 The novel was the winner of 2022 Latter-day Saints in Publishing, Media, and the Arts (LDSPMA) Praiseworthy Award in the Suspense/Mystery category."2022 Praiseworthy Award Winners", Retrieved on 18 January 2024. It was also the finalist for the Whitney Awards for Best Mystery/Suspense and Best Debut Novel."Whitney Awards", 18 January 2022, Retrieved on 18 January 2024.
Cowley's blog, Jane Austen Writing Lessons, was one of the "100 Best Websites for Writers in 2021" according to The Write Life.Daniel, Farrah."The 100 Best Websites for Writers in 2021", 19 January 2021, Retrieved on 18 January 2024.
In 2024, an essay Cowley published in the journal Irreantum was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Selected works
Novels The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet, (Tule Publishing, 2021, ) The True Confessions of a London Spy, (Tule Publishing, 2022, ) The Lady's Guide to Death and Deception, (Tule Publishing, 2022, )
Nonfiction Write with Jane Austen: Masterclasses with the Master Storyteller, (Pointe Press, 2025, ) https://regency-explorer.net/jane250/
Short publications (selection) "The Justified Fear of Snow in Jane Austen's Emma." Jane Austen's World. Essay. 2022. "Revising for Tone During Difficult Times." Women Writers, Women's Books. Essay. 2022. A Rising Generation: Women in Power in Young Adult novels (Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 53, Spring 2020, p 194–198.)
Short stories (selection) "Tatterhood and the Prince’s Hand." Unspun: A Collection of Tattered Fairy Tales. Novella. (CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2018, ) "Confessions of a Mycologist." Mad Scientist Journal, Spring 2018, Volume CCI, Short story. (Mad Scientist Journal, 2018.) "The Last Bathroom." Defenestration. Short story. (Defenestration: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to Humor, 2016.) "The Clockwork Seer." Steel and Bone: Nine Steampunk Adventures. Novelette. (Xchyler Publishing, 2015, ) The Cultural Repository. Defenestration. Short story. (Defenestration: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to Humor, 2022.)The Cultural Repository, 20 April 2022, Retrieved on 19 January 2024.
References
External links Official website Works in WorldCat