Kitty Burns Florey

A short bio...

I was born in Syracuse, NY -- an only child.

I was a quiet kid, obsessed with books, devoted to my cat, very close to my parents, and shy except when I was with my best friends. I went to the same Syracuse parochial school from 1st to 12th grades -- St. John the Baptist Academy, which inspired SISTER BERNADETTE'S BARKING DOG. I have a B.A. from Boston University and an M.A. from Syracuse, both in English literature.

After college, I married and moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where my daughter, Katherine, was born. She now lives with her husband in northern California, where she is a law professor. She's expecting our first grandchild in December 2007.

I've been a reporter, worked in a bookstore, written catalog copy for a book distributor, and done freelance editing. After I left New Haven, I lived for twelve years with my second husband, Ron Savage -- a painter and craftsman -- in the Williamsburg/ Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. We left the city in 2006 to spend winters in central Connecticut and summers in a little house in the woods of upstate New York. Thanks to the wonders of technology, I work long-distance as an editor for Muze, Inc., in New York City, where I have been for thirteen years.

When I'm not writing or editing, I read, take long walks, cook for friends, play the piano (badly as ever!), mess around in the garden, keep a voluminous diary (as I have done for over 30 years), work at fixing up both our old houses, hang out with the cats, and write indignant letters to the Times.