Katherine Jean "Kate" Ross (June 21, 1956 – March 12, 1998) was an American mystery author who wrote four books set in
Regency-era
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
about the
dandy Julian Kestrel
Julian Kestrel is a fictional character in a four-book mystery series by Kate Ross.
Overview
The series is set in the English Regency era in Great Britain. Kestrel is a trend-setting dandy, similar in influence to Beau Brummel, who takes up det ...
.
Works
The novels are:
* ''Cut to the Quick'' (1994), which won the 1994 Gargoyle award for in the category of Best Historical Mystery
* ''A Broken Vessel'' (1995)
* ''Whom the Gods Love'' (1996)
* ''The Devil in Music'' (1997), which won the 1997
Agatha Award
The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the traditional mystery subgenre: "books typified by the works of Agatha Christie . . . loosely defined as mysteries that contain no expli ...
for in the category of Best Novel.''The Lullaby Cheat'' (1997), a short story featuring Kestrel, is included in the mystery anthology ''Crime Through Time'', edited by Miriam Grace Monfredo and
Sharan Newman.
Her short story, ''The Unkindest Cut'', was published in the 1998 anthology ''
Past Poisons: An Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime''.
Education
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Ross, Kate Ross attended
Wellesley College
Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...
and
Yale Law School
Yale Law School (Yale Law or YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824 and has been ranked as the best law school in the United States by ''U ...
. A trial
lawyer
A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solic ...
, she worked at Sullivan & Worcester (a Boston law firm) until 1981. She then began her career as a novelist.
Death
Ross died of
breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a re ...
in 1998 at the age of 41, and is interred in
Wellesley, Massachusetts.
See also
*
List of female detective/mystery writers
The following is a list of female writers in the detective and mystery genres.
A-C
D-G
H-L
M-Q
R-Z
See also
* Lists of authors
* List of mystery writers
* List of thriller authors
* List of female detective characters
* Detective fict ...
References
External links
Mystery Book Awards littlemoon.com; accessed December 9, 2014.
1956 births
1998 deaths
Agatha Award winners
American mystery writers
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
Wellesley College alumni
Yale Law School alumni
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American lawyers
American women novelists
Women mystery writers
20th-century American women writers
20th-century American women lawyers
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