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Katherine Jean "Kate" Ross (June 21, 1956 – March 12, 1998) was an American mystery author who wrote four books set in Regency-era England about the dandy Julian Kestrel.

Personal life

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The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Ross, Kate Ross attended Wellesley College and Yale Law School. A trial lawyer, she worked at Sullivan & Worcester (a Boston law firm) until 1981. She then began her career as a novelist.^[1]

Ross died of breast cancer in 1998 at the age of 41, and is interred in Wellesley, Massachusetts.^[2]

Works

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Her novels include:

Cut to the Quick (1994), which won the 1994 Gargoyle award for in the category of Best Historical Mystery
A Broken Vessel (1995)
Whom the Gods Love (1996)^[3]
The Devil in Music (1997), which won the 1997 Agatha Award for in the category of Best Novel.^[4]

Her short stories include:

"The Lullaby Cheat" (1997), a short story featuring Kestrel, is included in the mystery anthology Crime Through Time, edited by Miriam Grace Monfredo and Sharan Newman.
"The Unkindest Cut" (1998) was published in the anthology Past Poisons: An Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime.^[5]

References

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^ "Ross, Kate 1956–1998". Encyclopedia.com. 1998-03-12. Retrieved 2022-01-28.

^ "Katherine Ross". I Will Follow... Services. Retrieved 2022-01-28.

^ "Author: ROSS, Kate". www.anglophilebooks.net.

^ "AGATHA AWARDS". malicedomestic.org. Archived from the original on 2008-02-01. Retrieved 2014-12-09.

^ "Past Poisons | King County Library System | BiblioCommons". King County Library System. Archived from the original on 2024-04-06. Retrieved 2024-04-06.

External links

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Mystery Book Awards, littlemoon.com; accessed December 9, 2014.

v t e Agatha Award winners
Best First Novel	Elizabeth George (1988) Jill Churchill (1989) Katherine Hall Page (1990) Mary Willis Walker (1991) Barbara Neely (1992) Nevada Barr (1993) Jeff Abbott (1994) Jeanne M. Dams (1995) Anne George (1996) Sujata Massey (1997) Robin Hathaway (1998) Donna Andrews (1999) Rosemary Stevens (2000) Sarah Strohmeyer (2001) Julia Spencer-Fleming (2002) Jacqueline Winspear (2003) Harley Jane Kozak (2004) Laura Durham (2005) Sandra Parshall (2006) Hank Phillippi Ryan (2007) G. M. Malliet (2008) Alan Bradley (2009) Avery Aames (2010) Sara J. Henry (2011) Susan M. Boyer (2012) Leslie Budewitz (2013) Terrie Farley Moran (2014) Art Taylor (2015) Cynthia Kuhn (2016) Kellye Garrett (2017) Dianne Freeman and Shari Randall (2018) (tie) Tara Laskowski (2019) Erica Neubauer (2020)
Best Contemporary Novel	Hank Phillippi Ryan (2013) Hank Phillippi Ryan (2014) Margaret Maron (2015) Louise Penny (2016) Louise Penny (2017) Ellen Byron (2018) Ann Cleeves (2019) Louise Penny (2020)
Best Novel	Carolyn G. Hart (1988) Elizabeth Peters (1989) Nancy Pickard (1990) Nancy Pickard (1991) Margaret Maron (1992) Carolyn Hart (1993) Sharyn McCrumb (1994) Sharyn McCrumb (1995) Margaret Maron (1996) Kate Ross (1997) Laura Lippman (1998) Earlene Fowler (1999) Margaret Maron (2000) Rhys Bowen (2001) Donna Andrews (2002) Carolyn Hart (2003) Jacqueline Winspear (2004) Katherine Hall Page (2005) Nancy Pickard (2006) Louise Penny (2007) Louise Penny (2008) Louise Penny (2009) Louise Penny (2010) Margaret Maron (2011) Louise Penny (2012)
Best Historical Novel	Rhys Bowen (2011) Catriona McPherson (2012) Caroline and Charles Todd (2013) Rhys Bowen (2014) Laurie R. King (2015) Catriona McPherson (2016) Rhys Bowen (2017) Sujata Massey (2018) Edith Maxwell (2019) Rhys Bowen (2020)
Best Non-Fiction	Barbara D'Amato (1993) Jean Swanson and Dean James (1994) Alzina Stone Dale (1995) Willeta L. Heisin (1996) Willeta L. Heisin (1997) Alzina Stone Dale (1998) Daniel Stashower (1999) Jim Huang (2000) Tony Hillerman (2001) Jim Huang (2002) Elizabeth Peters and Kristen Whitbread (2003) Jack French (2004) Melanie Rehak (2005) Chris Roerden (2006) Jon Lellenberg (2007) Kathy Lynn Emerson (2008) Elena Santangelo (2009) John Curran (2010) Leslie Budewitz (2011) John Connolly (2012) Daniel Stashower (2013) Hank Phillippi Ryan (2014) Martin Edwards (2015) Jane K. Cleland (2016) Mattias Bostrom (2017) Jane Cleland (2018) Mo Moulton (2019) Christina Lane (2020)
Best Short Story	Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) Joan Hess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992) M. D. Lake (1993) Dorothy Cannell (1994) Elizabeth Daniels (1995) Carolyn Wheat (1996) M. D. Lake (1997) Barbara D'Amato (1998) Nancy Pickard (1999) Jan Burke (2000) Katherine Hall Page (2001) Margaret Maron and Marcia Talley (2002) Elizabeth Foxwell (2003) Elaine Viets (2004) Marcia Talley (2005) Toni Kelner (2006) Donna Andrews (2007) Dana Cameron (2008) Hank Phillippi Ryan (2009) Mary Jane Maffini (2010) Dana Cameron (2011) Dana Cameron (2012) Art Taylor (2013) Art Taylor (2014) Barb Goffman (2015) Art Taylor (2016) Gigi Pandian (2017) Leslie Budewitz and Tara Laskowski (2018) (tie) Shawn Reilly Simmons (2019) Barb Goffman (2020)
Best Young Adult Mystery	Cindy Callaghan (2018)
Best Children/ Young Adult Fiction	Penny Warner (2001) Daniel J. Hale & Matthew LaBrot (2002) Kathleen Karr (2003) Blue Balliett (2004) Peter Abrahams (2005) Nancy Means Wright (2006) Sarah Masters Buckey (2007) Chris Grabenstein (2008) Chris Grabenstein (2009) Sarah Smith (2010) Chris Grabenstein (2011) Penny Warner (2012) Chris Grabenstein (2013) Penny Warner (2014) Amanda Flower (2015) Penny Warner (2016) Cindy Callaghan (2017) Frances Schoonmaker (2019) Richard Narvaez (2020)
Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement	Phyllis A. Whitney (1990) Mignon G. Eberhart (1994) Mary Stewart (1996) Emma Lathen (1997) Charlotte MacLeod (1998) Patricia Moyes (1999) Dick Francis (2000) Mildred Benson (2001) Tony Hillerman (2002) Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels (2003) Marian Babson (2004) H.R.F. Keating (2005) Robert Barnard (2006) Carolyn Hart (2007) Peter Lovesey (2008) Anne Perry (2009) Mary Higgins Clark (2010) Sue Grafton (2011) Simon Brett (2012) Aaron Elkins (2013) Dorothy Cannell, Joan Hess and Margaret Maron (2014) Sara Paretsky (2015) Katherine Hall Page (2016) Charlaine Harris (2017) Nancy Pickard (2018)
Malice Domestic Poirot Award	David Suchet (2003) Ruth Cavin (2004) Angela Lansbury (2005) Douglas G. Greene (2006) Janet Hutchings and Linda Landrigan (2008) Kate Stine and Brian Skupin (2009) William Link (2010) Janet Rudolph (2011) Lee Goldberg (2012) Tom Schantz (2014) Barbara G. Peters (2016) Martin Edwards (2017) Brenda Blethyn (2018)

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