When the Halo Falls

**About the Author**

Kathleen Kane/Maureen Child

I've been writing romances for twelve years now and sold my first book in

September of 1990. It was a wonderful story with a terrible title-RUN WILD

MY HEART-(not my idea), and was published by Berkley.

Since then, I've sold more than fifty books in several different genres

under just as many names. (That's a long story.) But in recent years I have

been known as, Ann Carberry, Sarah Hart, Kathleen Kane and Maureen Child.

Ann and Sarah have retired now, but Kathleen and I are still in the game!

As Kathleen Kane, I write historical/paranormal romances for St. Martin's

Press. Mostly set in the American west, these stories are usually funny,

hopefully touching and always have a happy ending! (Otherwise, what would be

the point?) In Kathleen's books, I get to play with the other side of life.

The side that's never predictable. There have been soul collectors and

ghosts and witches and angels and magical tinkers and reincarnation and, oh

all sorts of fun things.

And exciting things, too! Last October, CBS made a movie based on my book, A

POCKETFUL OF PARADISE. They retitled the movie, The Soul Collector, and it

starred Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Greenwood and Ossie Davis. If you're feeling

brave, go to the link on this page to see pictures of my husband and I on

the set. We had a blast!

As Maureen Child, I write contemporary romances for Silhouette Desire. You

won't find ghosts or any other unexplainable happenings in these stories.

But you will find humor, and love and maybe a tug or two on your

heartstrings. Right now, I'm writing an ongoing series called The Bachelor

Battalion about U.S. Marines and the people they love. There is just

something about a man in uniform...but I digress. And I promise, the end of

my books will always leave you smiling.

As for my life beyond writing...In the real world, I live in California with

my patient, understanding, and long suffering husband and my two kids-who

are not technically kids anymore, but that's another story, too. Oh yes, and

I can't forget Abbey, the Golden Retriever who actually runs this place. If

she had opposable thumbs, she could probably rule the world.