Since then, she has become the best-selling author of 24 novels including “The Weekenders,” “Beach Town,” “Ladies' Night,” “Summer Rental,” “Deep Dish” and “Hissy Fit.”Īndrews will join authors Nora Roberts, Helen Hardt, Sharla Lovelace, Christine Trent and local authors Ed Maliskas and Steve Hes from noon to 2 p.m. When I had the book contract, that's when I put in notice.” I had lots of friends who had manuscripts in the bottom desk drawer,” she said. She left her newspaper job in 1991 when her kids were 4 and 8 years old. The second one sold based on just five chapters. She began writing mysteries during evenings and weekends. Newspapers had changed and I really wanted to be home with the kids when they got home from school and I wanted a way to keep writing and to keep making a living,” Andrews said during a phone interview. Petersburg, Fla., native with a degree in journalism from University of Georgia, had worked in newspapers for 14 years, 10 of which she spent as a features writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Not coincidentally, it was, in part, her children and her desire to be more available to them that inspired her to make a major and ultimately successful career move. The pen name of New York Times best-selling author Mary Kay Andrews is a combination of her children's names, Katie and Andrew.
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