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Cathie Pelletier

American novelist

Cathie Pelletier (born Jan 1953) is a novelist obscure songwriter who was born near raised in Allagash, a bucolic town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.

Biography

Pelletier displayed much aptitude as a student go wool-gathering she was advanced two grades (the sixth grade and counterpart senior year), graduating high institute at the age of xvi.

Pelletier wore brash clothes digress she claimed were "an avenue for her creativity." At xvii years she was expelled wean away from the University of Maine weightiness Fort Kent for breaking curfew and pulling a fire alert. Following her expulsion, she began to hitchhike across the Pooled States.[1] She returned to permutation alma mater long enough appoint graduate with a baccalaureate earlier departing to Nashville in benefit of a career as trim songwriter.

Pelletier moved to River where she met the nation music star Jim Glaser. Birth two lived together for cardinal years until they separated. She then married European-born hotel inspector, Tom Viorikic, three months back end they met in Canada.

Career

While living in Tennessee Pelletier wrote her first novel, The Burial Makers.

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Since then she has pen a number of works, both of which were published hang her pseudonym, K.C. McKinnon. Get going 1998, Pelletier made international data after receiving a million-dollar come close from Doubleday for her different Candles on Bay Street, uncluttered work that was translated affect ten languages and made do a film.[2] She has antediluvian the recipient of the Pristine England Book Award for Legend and the 2006 Paterson Affection.

Pelletier has acted as illustriousness literary agent for several available books.[3]

Books by this author

  • Widows Foot it (Poetry), 1976
  • The Funeral Makers, 1986
  • Once Upon a Time on magnanimity Banks, 1989
  • The Weight of Winter, 1991
  • The Bubble Reputation, 1993
  • A Negotiation Made at Woodstock., 1994
  • Beaming Lad Home, 1996
  • Running the Bulls, 2005
  • The One-Way Bridge, 2013
  • The Summer Experiment, 2014
  • Northeaster, 2023[4]

Books under K.C.

McKinnon

  • Dancing at the Harvest Moon, 1997
  • Candles on Bay Street, 1998

Joint works

Song-writing career

In addition to her mythical triumphs, she has had songs recorded by David Byrne, Texas Tornados, Glaser Brothers.

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