Kathleen Valenti is a skilled and experienced author who has been writing professionally for over twenty years. She began her writing career as a copywriter, where she gained recognition with a national award for her work. After two decades of crafting compelling copy, Valenti turned her talents to writing mystery novels.
Valenti is the author of the Maggie O'Malley Mystery Series, which includes the Agatha and Lefty Award-nominated novel Protocol, the fan favorite sequel 39 Winks, and the latest release As Directed. In her writing, Valenti combines elements of humor and suspense to create engaging and hard-to-put-down mysteries. She has a unique approach to writing, believing that "deadpan can be dead-on" and using this style to effectively balance frightening and funny elements in her books.
In the Maggie O'Malley Mystery Series, readers follow the protagonist Maggie as she navigates a series of mysteries and uncovers secrets and hidden truths. In Protocol, Maggie examines the flaws of technology and the depths of greed to uncover the truth about missing persons. In 39 Winks, Maggie works to help her best friend's aunt, who discovered her husband's body during a sleepwalking episode. And in As Directed, Maggie embarks on a new career in a small town drugstore where the specter of poisoning arises, conjuring old grudges, past sins, buried secrets, and new suspicions.
When she's not writing, Valenti enjoys spending time outdoors, camping and snowmobiling, and indulging in her love of coffee. She currently resides in Oregon with her family.