About Me
About Me
Kathleen Donovan hails from a long line of Irish storytellers. Family tradition has always included made-up tales of wonder involving the family children, which inspired the stories of Fromage. Now that she is retired from teaching and real estate, she is very active in community theater and sword fights with a cutlass at Celtic festivals. Kathleen lives in Virginia with her menagerie of animals, including peacocks, swans, her horses, dogs, Himalayan cats, and an opinionated Eclectus parrot named Diva.
Fromage is her debut novel.
Kathleen loves to hear from people regarding her books, travel, animals, or life in general!
An animal lover.
Kathleen has always had animals and continues to be passionate about all animal species. An avid bird watcher, Kathleen loves to watch the birds and regularly travels to go bird watching. She has also been a horseback rider, riding until she hit 79. She keeps a small menagerie of pets, including her Himalayan cats, a female Eclectus parrot named Diva, several swans, peacocks, and her two dogs.
A performer at heart.
Kathleen has done community theater almost all her life, staring in many productions in the Northern Virginia theater community. Along the way, she picked up sword fighting, and began to do sword fighting performances at Celtic festivals.
Travel is the best education.
Many of Kathleen's stories have been inspired by her various travels around the world. Scotland in particular remains a favorite of Kathleen's. Kathleen can often be found traveling with her wonderful husband Tom.
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The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
