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Katy Hays



Katy Hays is a writer and adjunct Art History professor in California, where she teaches rural students from Truckee to Tecopa. 
She holds an MA in Art History from Williams College and pursued her PhD at UC Berkeley. Having worked in curatorial and research roles at major art institutions, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The Clark Art Institute, Katy brings an insider's knowledge of the workings of museums and galleries as well as in-depth research into the fascinating history of fortune-telling to The Cloisters, her first novel. She lives with her husband and dog, Queso, in Olympic Valley.

 


Genres: Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
March 2025

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Saltwater
 
March 2025

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The Vipers
 
Novels
   The Cloisters (2022)
   Saltwater (2025)
   The Vipers (2025)
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All the Other Mothers Hate Me (2025)
Sarah Harman
"Harman's debut begins with a pace so blistering and a voice so funny that you can't help but wonder if she'll be able to sustain it throughout the entire novel. Reader: she does! This is the rarest kind of story: one that gets better with every page, that makes you laugh out loud, that keeps you up late at night, and that is full of heart and surprise. I adored All the Other Mothers Hate Me and can't wait to press it into the hands of everyone I know. An absolute gem."
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Vantage Point (2025)
Sara Sligar
"Sara Sligar's new novel is a primal scream, sounding a harrowing alarm about how thin (and deadly) the line between synthetic and real has become. A terrifying and uncanny novel, Vantage Point takes dupes and deep fakes to another level. Even the shrewdest reader will be left off kilter and unable to answer the most simple question: what did I just see?"
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The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey (2025)
Astrid Dahl
"Juicy, gossipy, and deliciously vicious, The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey is my platonic ideal of a novel. Whether this all-star cast of wives is throwing shade in their confessionals or literally killing to get more screen time, one thing is certain, this New Jersey neighborhood has enough secrets to guarantee renewal. Readers will be clamoring for Season Two of this funny, dark guilty pleasure."

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