Kitty Burns Florey

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Kitty Burns Florey
BornSyracuse, NY
OccupationNovelist, short story writer, essayist, copy editor
NationalityAmerican
Period1979 - present
Notable worksSister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences (2006), Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting (2009), The Writing Master (2011)
Website
www.kittyburnsflorey.com

Kitty Burns Florey is the author of eleven novels and two nonfiction books, including Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences.[1] She is also the author of a genealogical memoir, The Quest for Inez: Two Ways to Find a Grandmother, a mix of fact and fiction. In addition to writing, she works as a freelance copy editor.

Biography[edit]

An only child born and raised in Syracuse, New York, Florey attended St. John the Baptist Academy from 1st to 12th grades; this parochial school experience would later inform some of her nonfiction writing. She has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Boston University as well as a master's degree from Syracuse University, also in English Literature. She has lived in Syracuse, Boston, New Haven, and Brooklyn.

Her most recent nonfiction book, Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting, is an exploration of the history of handwriting and a meditation on its modern function in the digital age. It was published by Melville House Publishing in January, 2009 and was issued as a paperback in September 2013. Her most recent work of fiction is Amity Street, a historical novel set in 1892 in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she now lives.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Amity Street (2017) White River Press
  • The Quest for Inez: Two Ways to Find a Grandmother (2015) Genealogy House
  • The Writing Master (2011) White River Press
  • Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting, (2009) Melville House Publishing
  • The Sleep Specialist (2007) Raven's Eye Publishing
  • Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog (2006) Melville House Publishing
  • Solos (2004)
  • Souvenir of Cold Springs (2001)
  • Five Questions (2001)
  • Vigil for a Stranger (1994)
  • Duet (1998)
  • Real Life, (1986)
  • The Garden Path (1983)
  • Chez Cordelia (1980)
  • Family Matters (1979)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Simon, Scott. "Writer's Subject? Diagramming Sentences". NPR. Retrieved 5 May 2011.

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