Kate Charles (born 1950) is an American crime writer who lives in the United Kingdom[1] and is a British citizen.
[3] She married Rory Chase and lives in Ludlow, Shropshire, United Kingdom.
[3] She is a past Chair of the Crime Writers' Association[4] and the Barbara Pym Society.
In 2012 she was awarded the George N. Dove Award by the Popular Culture Association for 'Outstanding Contribution to the Serious Study of Mystery and Crime Fiction',[5] in recognition of her work as co-organiser of the annual St Hilda's (Oxford) Crime and Mystery Conference since 1994.
[3] Her 2005 novel, Evil Intent, was the first of her books to introduce a female Anglican priest as a central character;[2] other series characters include solicitor David Middleton-Brown and artist Lucy Kingsley.