Kay Hooper was born in
Merced County, California to Martha and James Hooper. Her father, an
Air Force employee, was stationed in the base hospital. James, Martha (1938-2002), and Kay lived on the base. Shortly after Kay's birth, the family moved back to
North Carolina where she was raised and went to school. Her two younger siblings were born in North Carolina. Kay Hooper lives in
Rutherford County, North Carolina, near her father and her siblings. She fosters cats and kittens for the Community Pet Center, a non-profit rescue organization on whose board she also sits. Her first book, entitled
The Lady Thief, was published in 1981 and she has since gone on to publish over 70 books. She made the New York Times Best Sellers List in 2000 with her book
Stealing Shadows and was nominated for the Shamus Award for Best Original P.I. Paperback for
House of Cards, part of
The Bishop Series, in 1992. ==Selected works==