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Kaye D. Schmitz

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Mystery, Fiction, Thriller

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I've been writing all of my life and was first published at the age of ten. My poem, "The Garden," was a flower-filled fantasy that so surprised my parents and teacher, they all insisted I send it to the local newspaper editor. I lived in a very small town--without a lot of local news--so my poem got published!

I continued writing and had a number of poems and short stories published in my high school newspaper, as well. Whenever the editor had an empty spot, in fact, he would contact me and I would dash off a poem or short story to fill the space. My writing time dwindled during college and marriage and children and careers--other than the obligatory term papers, then corporate proposals and later, grant requests--but I still found time to ...more

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