Kat FitzpatrickKAT FITZPATRICK was one of the few American dependents living in Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War, the daughter of a CIA operative who worked in ultra-secret propaganda. Her first experience with writing came when she took a page from her mother' book and corresponded regularly with her father while he was away on assignment. The spell of the writing life never released her and she earned two degrees-a Journalism, B.A. and a Creative Writing, M.F.A-in allegiance to the call. She balances the emotionally challenging work of writing about the Vietnam Era with a not-quite-murder mystery series featuring the accidental-gumshoe Kat Mandu. She lives in Upstate N.Y. where she escapes from her desk on a semi-regular basis by running, hiking, and kayaking. Visit her online at Kat-Fitzpatrick.com. Read More Read Less