BUZZ KILL is KATE THORNTON'S debut mystery novel, but she has been writing and editing short stories for years. Her first short story, "Just Like In The Movies", was published in David Firks' legen...view moreBUZZ KILL is KATE THORNTON'S debut mystery novel, but she has been writing and editing short stories for years. Her first short story, "Just Like In The Movies", was published in David Firks' legendary BLUE MURDER and nominated for a Derringer award. With over 100 short stories in print, she is retired from the US Army, has been a contestant on Jeopardy!, once kissed French film director Francoise Truffaut, and currently lives with her husband, two dogs, and two cats in Tucson, AZ, where she is active in the Tucson Chapter of Sisters in Crime and working on the next Toni Carey mystery.view less