About the Author
Kathleen Kent is the Edgar-nominated author of the crime trilogy
The Dime, The Burn, and
The Pledge, as well as three bestselling historical novels:
The Heretic’s Daughter, The Traitor’s Wife, and
The Outcasts. She has written short stories and essays for
D Magazine, Texas Monthly, and
LitHub, and has been published in the crime anthology
Dallas Noir. In March 2020 she was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters for her contribution to Texas literature. Kent lives in Dallas, Texas.