Stewart grew up in Arlington, Texas, with her father, the musician Vic Stewart, who toured with Doc Severinsen’s road band; her mother, Dee Stewart, who had a career in public relations;[1] and her younger brother, Jason Stewart, who is a film and television editor.[2] She graduated from Arlington High School and received a B.A. degree in anthropology and a master's in community and regional planning (MSCRP) from the University of Texas at Austin. Stewart was a co-founder of the gardening blog Garden Rant.
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities (2009). Algonquin BooksISBN978-1-56512-683-1. Illustrated by Briony Morrow-Cribbs. A compendium of poisonous, invasive, and illegal plants. This book reached #8 on the New York Times bestseller list.[6]
Lady Cop Makes Trouble (2016). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN978-0-544-40994-1. Second book in the Kopp Sisters series; a sequel to Girl Waits With Gun. Constance Kopp tracks down an escaped prisoner.[9]
Miss Kopp’s Midnight Confessions (2017). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN978-0-544-40999-6. Third book in the Kopp Sisters series; Stewart addresses the practice of arresting young women on morality charges.[10][11]
Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit (2018). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN978-1-328-73651-2. The fourth book in the Kopp Sisters series follows Constance Kopp and her sisters during a contentious local election.[12]
Kopp Sisters on the March (2019). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-358-29964-6. In the fifth book in the Kopp Sisters series, Constance, Norma, and Fleurette go to a National Service School.[13]
Dear Miss Kopp (2021). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-358-09312-1. The sixth Kopp Sisters book, an epistolary novel set during World War I.[14]
Miss Kopp Investigates (2021). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-358-09311-4. In the seventh book in the Kopp Sisters series, the trio become private detectives.
