About the Author:
Kathleen George is the author of The Johnstown Girls, a novel about the famous Johnstown flood. She has also written seven mysteries set in Pittsburgh: A Measure of Blood, Simple, The Odds, which was nominated for the Edgar® Award from the Mystery Writers of America, Hideout, Afterimage, Fallen, and Taken. George is also the author of the short story collection The Man in the Buick and editor of another collection, Pittsburgh Noir. She is a professor of theater arts and creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh.
Review:
Past praise for The Johnstown Girls
“Edgar-finalist George successfully moves to period fiction with this evocative, historically themed whodunit, set in 1989, as the great Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood approaches its centennial. George offers complex and rewarding storytelling that pays tribute to not only the magnitude of the disastrous flood but also the resilience of Johnstown and its citizens.”
—Publishers Weekly
Past praise for The Johnstown Girls
"A story with characters that feel so real that it’s sometimes hard to remember the book is a work of fiction. This is further compounded by the vivid descriptions of the flood that correspond with historical accounts and the fact that the story is set in very real locations. A colorful account of one of the most traumatic moments in Pennsylvania’s history and the lives it changed."
—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Through the work of playwright August Wilson, photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris and the jazz greats who played at the Crawford Grill, Pittsburgh’s Hill District has become famous. The golden age of this community is where Kathleen George begins her very entertaining new novel, “The Blues Walked In,” and at the start she bathes both story and neighborhood in a gossamer glow of nostalgia." --Margie Romero, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"With a breezy pace that makes the book hard to put down, Ms. George recounts Lena’s youthful dazzle and warmth and many events that helped shape her into the powerful woman she became. Paul Robeson told Lena: “You have incredible appeal” and the same can be said of “The Blues Walked In.”--Margie Romero, The Pittsburgh Post Gazette
"Ms. George’s sparkling creativity is most apparent in the elements she combines in this tale. First is a portrait of the unique African-American beauty and performer, Lena Horne. In her acknowledgments, Ms. George states: “The novel is an imagined life for Lena based on research.”--Margie Romero, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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