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Abigail Keam Abigail Keam is an American author of the Josiah Reynolds Mystery novel series. She also writes epic fantasy, sweet romance and literary short fiction.

=Biography= Abigail Keam was born in Northern Kentucky. Her ancestry has strong roots in Appalachia and the Deep South. She graduated With Distinction from the University of Kentucky with a B.A. She studied writing with authors, James Baker Hall, Gurney Norman, and Lynn Pruett. After college graduation Keam began life as a poet, but the economic recession of the late 1970s and early 1980s led her to set aside her writing aspirations and work at a variety of jobs including data entry operator, professional portrait photographer, and beekeeper.

Keam published her first novel "Death By A HoneyBee" in 2010. She claims Josiah Reynolds, her beekeeping sleuth, came to her in a dream. She also writes the Last Chance For Romance Series, a sweet romance series, and the Princess Maura Tales, an epic fantasy series.

Keam is still a beekeeper and has been the recipient of 16 awards at the Kentucky State Fair. She is a fan of English Mastiffs, Thoroughbred horse racing, classic film noir, and history. Abigail Keam lives in a metal house on the Kentucky River Palisades in Kentucky's Bluegrass Region. She is married and has one child. =Bibliography=

Josiah Reynolds Mystery Series

 * Death By A HoneyBee (2010)
 * Death By Drowning (2011)
 * Death By Bridle (2012)
 * Death By Bourbon (2012)
 * Death By Lotto (2013)
 * Death By Chocolate (2013)
 * Death By Haunting (2014)
 * Death By Derby (2015)
 * Death By Design (2016)

Princess Maura Fantasy Series

 * Wall Of Doom (2013)
 * Wall Of Peril (2013)
 * Wall Of Glory (2014)
 * Wall Of Conquest (2014)

Last Chance For Love Romance Series

 * Last Chance Motel (2014)
 * Gasping For Air (2015)
 * The Siren's Call (2015)
 * The Mermaid's Carol (2016)

Short Fiction

 * Bobby Bobo Got Baptized At The Big Bone Baptist Church (2015)

=Interviews= =References=
 * EdinRoad Radio -- 2012 Interview with Abigail Keam
 * Accents Publishing radio interview with Abigail Keam February 28, 2014
 * Kentucky Book Fair Author interview with Abigail Keam October 13, 2015


 * 1. Reader's Entertainment Magazine- Behind The Words: Author Abigail Keam February 4, 2017
 * 2.-Pritle, Caleb-Inside the literary mind of Abigail Keam January 24,2017.
 * 3-Flarity, Steve. Northern Kentucky Tribune --Kentucky by Heart Abigail Keam April 11, 2016
 * 4-Eblen, Tom Lexington Herald-Leader -- The Bluegrass and Beyond September 8, 2015
 * 5-Lowe, Kim. USA Today -- Finding Love In The Bluegrass October 8, 2014
 * 6-Taylor, Tara. Tales Of A Book Addict Book Review-- November16, 2012
 * 7-Patton, Janet. Lexington Herald-Leader Comer appoints state apiarist April 16, 2012
 * 8-Woods, Penny. Kentucky Living Magazine October1, 2011
 * 9-Lexington Herald-Leader -- Bluegrass Bookshelf April 24, 2011
 * 10-Thompson, Sharon. Lexington Herald-Leader -- Lexington Farmers Market July 22, 2010
 * 11-Philadelphia University Library Amman, Jordan
 * 12-Cincinnati Public Library
 * 13-University of Kentucky Library
 * 14-Additional listings available via the OCLC WorldCat Database

= External links = official author website

Category:Living people Category:21st-century women writers Category:Women mystery writers Category:American chick lit writers