Kate Robards is a suspense fiction writer.

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As the daughter of a librarian, she developed a love of reading and writing at an early age. Kate studied journalism and advertising at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

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She is the winner of the 2020 Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Manuscript Contest. The competition recognizes unpublished adult fiction novels by Illinois authors.

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Kate currently works in communications at a nonprofit organization. She lives outside Chicago with her family. 

 

The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard is her first book.