Katherine Cowley

Katherine Cowley is an American author of historical mysteries, short stories, and essays. She is also a lecturer.

Cowley lives in Michigan and has taught writing at Western Michigan University.

Writing awards
Cowley's debut novel, The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet, was a finalist for the 2022 Mystery Writers of America Mary Higgins Clark Award of the Edgar Awards. The novel was the winner of 2022 Latter-day Saints in Publishing, Media, and the Arts (LDSPMA) Praiseworthy Award in the Suspense/Mystery category. It was also the finalist for the Whitney Awards for Best Mystery/Suspense and Best Debut Novel.

Cowley's blog, Jane Austen Writing Lessons, was one of the "100 Best Websites for Writers in 2021" according to The Write Life.

Novels

 * The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet, (Tule Publishing, 2021, ISBN 9781953647443)
 * The True Confessions of a London Spy, (Tule Publishing, 2022, ISBN 9781956387230)
 * The Lady's Guide to Death and Deception, (Tule Publishing, 2022, ISBN 9781957748566)

Short publications (selection)

 * "The Justified Fear of Snow in Jane Austen's Emma." Jane Austen's World. Essay. 2022.
 * "Revising for Tone During Difficult Times." Women Writers, Women's Books. Essay. 2022.
 * A Rising Generation: Women in Power in Young Adult novels (Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 53, Spring 2020, p 194–198.)

Short stories (selection)

 * "Tatterhood and the Prince’s Hand." Unspun: A Collection of Tattered Fairy Tales. Novella. (CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2018, ISBN 9781986727877)
 * "Confessions of a Mycologist." Mad Scientist Journal, Spring 2018, Volume CCI, Short story. (Mad Scientist Journal, 2018.)
 * "The Last Bathroom." Defenestration. Short story. (Defenestration: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to Humor, 2016.)
 * "The Clockwork Seer." Steel and Bone: Nine Steampunk Adventures. Novelette. (Xchyler Publishing, 2015, ISBN 9781940810409)
 * The Cultural Repository. Defenestration. Short story. (Defenestration: A Literary Magazine Dedicated to Humor, 2022.)