Cathy pickens biography
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Cathy Pickens
Goodreads Author
Website
http://www.cathypickens.com/
CathyPickens
Genre
Crime, Mystery, Nonfiction
Member Since
April 2013
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Crime writer Cathy Pickens started her writing life as a mystery novelist.
The first of five mysteries in the Southern Fried series won St. Martin’s Award for Best New Traditional Mystery.
Cathy pickens biography
Her fascination with the power of real crime stories led to a series for History Press, starting with Charleston Mysteries and Charlotte True Crime Stories.
She is a frequent mystery convention panelist, speaking on topics ranging from Southern mysteries to classic true crime stories to the use of poisons.
At various times and under various aliases, she’s been a trial attorney specializing in complex civil litigation; a university provost; a business school professor (at Queens University of Charlotte); a church organist and choir director; and a ballroomCrime writer Cathy Pickens started her writing life as a mystery