Kay Hooper (born 1957) is a New York Times bestselling American author of more than 60 books.
Shortly after Kay's birth, the family moved back to North Carolina where she was raised and went to school.
[3] 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.
She made the New York Times Best Sellers List in 2000 with her book Stealing Shadows[5] and was nominated for the Shamus Award for Best Original P.I.