Featured Author Kay Jennings
A writer and editor for other people most of her career, Kay Jennings started a new chapter in her life as a published author in 2019 when she created the Port Stirling Mystery series. In 2024, she became an award-winner in the first author contest she entered when Mourning Bay was selected as a Killer Nashville Top Pick as one of the best books in 2023. Phantom Cove followed that by WINNING the Writer’s Digest best self-published book in the Mystery/Thriller category for 2024. She now writes full-time.
Kay’s focus during her years in the corporate world was PR, corporate communications, sports writing and editing. She’s been a writer/writing coach for Bleacher Report, a premier international sports website. Previously, she directed Internal Communications at Nike, Inc. She’s also held senior management positions in tourism and healthcare communications. Kay founded Paris Communications, a full-service communications firm in Portland, Oregon, which she’s owned since 2000.
Kay was born and raised near the Oregon coast in a small town not unlike her fictional Port Stirling. She now lives in Estacada, Oregon, with her husband, Steve, and spends much of her time in their five-acre garden. Traveling the world, playing bad golf, cooking, reading, hiking, and following several sports teams take up the rest.
She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters In Crime, Independent Book Publishers Association, Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Willamette Writers, and Oregon Writers Colony.
Visit Kay Jennings's website for more info: https://www.kayjenningsauthor.com
Text taken from Kay Jennings's website.
By John Repplinger
April 1st, 2025
Kay’s focus during her years in the corporate world was PR, corporate communications, sports writing and editing. She’s been a writer/writing coach for Bleacher Report, a premier international sports website. Previously, she directed Internal Communications at Nike, Inc. She’s also held senior management positions in tourism and healthcare communications. Kay founded Paris Communications, a full-service communications firm in Portland, Oregon, which she’s owned since 2000.
Kay was born and raised near the Oregon coast in a small town not unlike her fictional Port Stirling. She now lives in Estacada, Oregon, with her husband, Steve, and spends much of her time in their five-acre garden. Traveling the world, playing bad golf, cooking, reading, hiking, and following several sports teams take up the rest.
She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters In Crime, Independent Book Publishers Association, Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Willamette Writers, and Oregon Writers Colony.
Visit Kay Jennings's website for more info: https://www.kayjenningsauthor.com
Text taken from Kay Jennings's website.
By John Repplinger
April 1st, 2025
