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Kate Baray

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Kate Baray writes page-turning urban fantasy with relatable characters.

When Kate's not tapping away at her keyboard or in deep contemplation of her next fanciful writing project, she's sweeping up hairy dust bunnies and watching British mysteries.

Kate is from Austin, Texas (where many of her stories take place) but has recently migrated north to Boise, Idaho, where soup season (her favorite time of year) lasts more than two weeks.

She's worked as an attorney, a dog trainer, and in various other positions, but writer is the hands-down winner. She's thankful readers keep reading, so she can keep writing!

Kate's series include Lost Library and Spirelli Paranormal Investigations. Under the pen name Cate Lawley, Kate (aka Cate!) writes Vegan Vamp ...more

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Why is the only short available from B&N Rage? I have read the 1st the books in the lost library series along with rage & I would love to read the other shorts if they became available on my Nook. This series has quickly became one of my favorites I can't wait for Witch's Diary to become available & hopefully lots more in the future. Thanks, Lindsey

Kate Baray Hi Lindsey,

I'm so glad that you're enjoying the series! You should see Forgiveness (story 2) and Reveal (Max's story) on Barnes & Noble within the nex…moreHi Lindsey,

I'm so glad that you're enjoying the series! You should see Forgiveness (story 2) and Reveal (Max's story) on Barnes & Noble within the next week. Love and Moving will be available on B&N late in June.

If you're interested in downloading the Kindle app on your smartphone or computer, all of the shorts and Witch's Diary are currently available on Amazon. Also, new subscribers to my newsletter who sign up before the end of May receive an Amazon gifted copy of the shorts collection.

Keep an eye on my blog - I'll be posting chapters of my new spin-off there soon!

Thank you for your question, Lindsey, and for your encouraging words!
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I'm listening to the audiobook of The Lost Library now. There's something that puzzles me. We know Lizzie's neighbor's dog is a malamute named Spencer, and that he's very friendly. And we know that Lizzie's dogs are two in number, and they bark at werewolves. No names, breeds, general type of dogs, no personalities beyond barking at werewolves. Why?

Kate Baray The real reason? I'm a crazy dog lady (used to be a dog trainer, was a k9 handler for a few years) and I was worried about being too crazy dog lady, s…moreThe real reason? I'm a crazy dog lady (used to be a dog trainer, was a k9 handler for a few years) and I was worried about being too crazy dog lady, so I put barely anything in that first book. I should have made them full characters or removed them - but it was my first book and none of my editors made a fuss :) . Not that I blame them, all errors and omissions are certainly my own.

For a more fully fleshed out K9 character, my alternate pen (Cate Lawley) has a pet cozy series, Fairmont Finds Canine Cozy Mysteries. Fairmont, the canine main character of the book, is based on one of my German Shorthaired Pointers who has since passed. You even get his point of view in the book. Fair warning, the dedication of the first book is very sentimental. It still makes me cry when I read it, and a few readers have commented that it's made them teary.

Other pet characters that you might enjoy include Vegan Vamp Mysteries' Boone (he's a bloodhound based on 2 of my own hounds and joins the series in book 2), Night Shift Witch's Twinkles the cat (he gets his own story in book 4, Twinkles Takes a Holiday), and possibly Clarence in Death Retires (a bobcat possessed by a human who still has some feline tendencies.)

Thanks so much for your question, and apologies for the slow reply. For some reason I don't seem to get notifications for questions.(less)

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	Lost Library (Lost Library, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 2,903 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spirelli Paranormal Investigations: Episodes 1-3 4.05 avg rating — 1,267 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spirited Legacy (Lost Library, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 860 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defensive Magic (Lost Library, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witch's Diary: A Paranormal Urban Fantasy Tale 4.21 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Disappearing Client (Spirelli Paranormal Investigations, Episode #1) 3.86 avg rating — 507 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Library Collection: Books 1-3 4.29 avg rating — 410 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spirelli Paranormal Investigations: Season 1, Episodes 1-6 4.25 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Entombed (Spirelli Paranormal Investigations #7) 4.43 avg rating — 315 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spirelli Paranormal Investigations: Episodes 4-6 4.35 avg rating — 278 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Lost Library (6 books)
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“One murder kit - check. One body disposal kit - check. Escape car gassed up - check. I feel like a well-prepared criminal.”
― Kate Baray, Spirelli Paranormal Investigations: Episodes 1-3

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“The totally verboten, taboo question. Never ask a guy what he's thinking. He might just tell you. Or so her mother had always teased.”
― Kate Baray, Lost Library

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“Dragons are very...current. It's a function of exceeding the life span of the culture we've chosen to join. Every day, a dragon has to choose to live in the now.”
― Kate Baray, Spirelli Paranormal Investigations: Episodes 1-3

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“They say the past always catches up with you, sooner or later. I prefer sooner, because by the time later rolls around, the past has picked up a lot of speed.”
― Dan Thompson, Ships of My Fathers

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“Very often, Lizzie found the anticipation of something feared could become more awful than the feared thing itself.
Not so, in meeting Mr. Worth.”
― Kate Baray, Lost Library

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“The totally verboten, taboo question. Never ask a guy what he's thinking. He might just tell you. Or so her mother had always teased.”
― Kate Baray, Lost Library

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“I can choose, for a very brief moment, to allow neither of my forms to exist in this world."
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"So you're saying that you didn't walk through the ward? That you unexisted yourself through it?”
― Kate Baray, Spirelli Paranormal Investigations: Episodes 1-3

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