Kathryn Casey

Kathryn Casey is an American true crime writer, novelist and journalist. Author Ann Rule has called her "one of the best in the true crime genre." She is best known for writing She Wanted It All, which recounts the case of Celeste Beard, who married an Austin multimillionaire only to convince her lesbian lover, Tracey Tarlton, to kill him. Casey's 11th book, Deliver Us, released January 2015 by HarperCollins, is based on murders along the Texas Killing Fields and Interstate 45.

Early life and education

In 1980, Casey moved with her family to Texas. She attended the University of Houston and earned a degree in journalism.

Career

In 1984, Casey began writing as an intern at the now-defunct Houston City Magazine. She left two years later as a senior editor. Next, Casey worked for two years as editor of Ultra, a regional magazine geared toward wealthy Texans.

Casey then wrote for a national audience, with articles appearing in Ladies' Home Journal, where she was a contributing editor for 18 years, as well as More (magazine), TV Guide, Rolling Stone, Seventeen, Reader's Digest, and Texas Monthly. During her more than two decades as a magazine journalist, Casey interviewed celebrities, including movie, television, and recording stars, presidents and first ladies. She covered subjects that ranged from the Oklahoma City bombing, the aftermath of 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina, to infertility and the McCaughey Septuplets.