About Kathleen

Award-winning author Kathleen Donnelly has been a handler for Sherlock Hounds Detection Canines—a Colorado based narcotics K-9 company—since 2005. Enjoying the work and partnership with the dogs, in 2010 Kathleen became part-owner in the company. She loves crafting realism into her fictional stories from her dog handling experience. Along with working dogs, Kathleen loves and owns two horses. Her love of the mountains came from growing up in Colorado where her father worked for the U.S. Forest Service. She has a B.A. in Journalism from Colorado State University and formerly wrote for The Berthoud Weekly Surveyor where she won a Colorado Press Award. Her debut novel, Chasing Justice, won a Best Book Award from the American Book Fest. The second book in the National Forest K-9 series, Hunting the Truth, is coming this September. Kathleen lives in Colorado with her husband and all their four-legged friends.