Mary Kay Andrews
Author of Savannah Blues
About the Author
Mary Kay Andrews was born Kathy Hogan Trocheck on July 27, 1954 in St. Petersburg, Florida. She received a B.A. in journalism from the University of Georgia. She worked for fourteen years as a reporter, mainly at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, before becoming a full-time author. Under Kathy show more Hogan Trocheck, she wrote 10 mysteries including the Callahan Garrity Mystery series and the Truman Kicklighter Mysteries series. Under Mary Kay Andrews, her works include the Weezie and Bebe series, Little Bitty Lies, Hissy Fit, Deep Dish, The Fixer Upper, Summer Rental, Spring Fever, Ladies Night, Save the Date, and Beach Town. Mary Kay's title, The Weekenders, made the New York Times Bestseller list in 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Kathy Hogan Trocheck with Justine Veatch in Nashville
Series
Works by Mary Kay Andrews
Spring Fever & Summer Rental 2 copies
Body Slam 1 copy
A Callahan Garrity Mystery 7 Book Set: Every Crooked Nanny/Irish Eyes Midnight Clear/Heart Trouble/To Live & Die in… (1994) 1 copy
Winterträume am Kamin: Roman | In diesem zauberhaften Roman werden Weihnachtswünsche wahr (Die… (2022) 1 copy
Black Cat 1 copy
Seizure 1 copy
Murder at Ford's Theatre 1 copy
Associated Works
Malice Domestic 4: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (1995) — Contributor — 56 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Trocheck, Kathy Hogan
- Other names
- Andrews, Mary Kay (pseudonym)
- Birthdate
- 1954-01-01
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
- Places of residence
- St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Savannah, Georgia, USA
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA - Education
- University of Georgia (BA|Newspaper Journalism)
- Occupations
- reporter
author - Organizations
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Awards and honors
- Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (1993) : To Live and Die in Dixie (1993)
- Agent
- Stuart Krichevsky (Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency)
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This was a cute holiday novella. Tilly and her dog Smoosh are temporarily homeless, so staying at an empty vacation rental handled by the property management company she works for seems less like squatting and more like helping. When the cranky deceased owner's great nephew shows up to take stock of the property for himself and his cousins, Tilly is caught flatfooted in the attic, hiding until she can figure out a way out. Over the course of six days, Tilly and George, former high school glee club members, reconnect.… (more)
Newly single and unemployed, Kerry Tolliver moves into a trailer in NYC to help her gruff brother sell Christmas trees from the family farm. She wants to make a new start.
Kerry and her brother Murph have a few sibling conflicts but they both learn more about each other. A romance develops between Kerry and a neighborhood friend of Murph’s and there are some ups and downs. Murph has other friends in the neighborhood and Kerry slowly gets to know them too. This was easy to read and a feel good story about friendship and family.… (more)
Kerry and her brother Murph have a few sibling conflicts but they both learn more about each other. A romance develops between Kerry and a neighborhood friend of Murph’s and there are some ups and downs. Murph has other friends in the neighborhood and Kerry slowly gets to know them too. This was easy to read and a feel good story about friendship and family.… (more)
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- Works
- 54
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 16,725
- Popularity
- #1,348
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 830
- ISBNs
- 521
- Languages
- 7
- Favorited
- 40
If Mary Kay Andrews has written it, I want to read it. So even though I don’t usually choose short stories, I made an exception for this one – especially as it’s set at Christmas time.
So we have a well-written holiday romance with snow, former high school friends, an old Victorian house, a dog, an inheritance, a mean girlfriend, and a happy ever after ending. The story has a few typical romance tropes but that’s part of what makes this a comfy, feel-good read.
My big complaint – this was too short. I wasn’t ready to leave Tilly and George. I wanted to find out what happens next. Hey MKA, I hope you’ll be writing “Holiday Hideaway” #2 soon.… (more)