Kitty Burns Florey

Kitty Burns Florey is the author of twelve novels, including Solos, Souvenir of Cold Springs, Vigil for a Stranger, and, most recently, the historical novels The Writing Master and its sequel, Amity Street. Her two nonfiction books, Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences, and Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting, were best sellers. She has also published many short stories and essays. She has lived in Amherst, Massachusetts,...See more

Kitty Burns Florey is the author of twelve novels, including Solos, Souvenir of Cold Springs, Vigil for a Stranger, and, most recently, the historical novels The Writing Master and its sequel, Amity Street. Her two nonfiction books, Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences, and Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting, were best sellers. She has also published many short stories and essays. She has lived in Amherst, Massachusetts, since 2012. See less