KAY THOMAS

I didn't grow up burning to be a writer. As a child I wasn't even much of a reader until fourth grade. That's when I was stuck at home with the flu and my big sister read THE BLACK STALLION aloud to me. For hours I was enthralled-shipwrecked in a foreign land and riding an untamed horse across the hot desert sand. Then tragedy struck. My sister lost her voice. (I think she caught my flu.) But I couldn't wait to hear what happened to Alec Ramsey-so I picked up that book, finished reading it by myself, and went in search of more adventures at the local library... I grew up in the Mississippi Delta but today I live in Dallas with my husband, our two children, and a shockingly-spoiled Boston terrier. My family has eaten a boatload of frozen pizza without complaint when I've forgotten the time and the dinner hour, caught up in my characters' lives at the computer. I wouldn't be able to write without their continuing support and...forgiveness of my culinary shortcomings.

Primary location: Los Angeles United States