Kate Gallison was born in Philadelphia and grew up reading mystery stories, from Nancy Drew to the lurid paperbacks her mother kept on the bottom shelf in the sunroom. Over the years she has worked for the Washington Post, John Wanamaker’s department store, the State of New Jersey, and two large software houses in Princeton, New Jersey. When she started writing mysteries of her own, the characters and the politics in these workplaces were all grist to her mill.

Kate has three grown sons and a bachelor’s degree in humanities from Thomas Edison College. She lives in Lambertville with her musician husband and their cat.

Kate’s published crime novels include:

• The Organizer (KHG Dunn, 2004)
• Grave Misgivings (Delacorte, 1998)
• Hasty Retreat (Delacorte, 1997)
• Unholy Angels (Dell, 1996)
• Devil's Workshop (Dell, 1996)
• Bury the Bishop (Dell, 1995)
• The Jersey Monkey (St. Martin's Press, 1992)
• The Death Tape (Little, Brown, 1987)
• Unbalanced Accounts (Little, Brown, 1986)

Her published short stories:

• "Ars Longa, Vita Brevis," Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, August 1993
• "Plastic," Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Nov 1994
• "Dead Cats," Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May 1999
• "The Workshop," More Murder, They Wrote, ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books, 1999
• "Ex Libris," Murder Most Catholic, ed. Ralph McInerney, 2002

She is a member of the Authors Guild, the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, the Hunterdon County Board of Elections, and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.

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