Kiernan, Kristy

PERSONAL:

Born in TN; married; husband's name Richard (an art dealer), 1995.

ADDRESSES:

Home—FL. Agent—Anne Hawkins, John Hawkins & Associates, 71 W. 23rd St., Ste. 1600, New York, NY 10010.

CAREER:

Author.

WRITINGS:

Catching Genius (novel), Berkley Books (New York, NY), 2007.

SIDELIGHTS:

In her debut novel, Catching Genius Kristy Kiernan tells the story of two sisters, Estella and Connie, who experience the downside of the presence of genius. Once the best of friends as well as siblings, the two were driven apart as children when family attention focused on seven-year-old math prodigy Estella, and Connie was largely left to make her own way, bereft of her father's affections. While Estella attracted attention through her intellectual gifts, Connie cultivated her beauty as her means of coping with the world.

"Kiernan's successful melding of math and lyrical prose lends the novel invisible depths that provide an intellectual as well as emotional charge to the novel," commented Terez Rose on Mostly Fiction. BookPage reviewer Sheri Melnick declared the book "simply mesmerizing," and Booklist reviewer Kristine Huntley called it a "warm, moving novel about the power of familial bonds."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, February 15, 2007, Kristine Huntley, review of Catching Genius, p. 35.

ONLINE

BookPage,http://www.bookpage.com/ (August 29, 2007), Sheri Melnick, "The Unbreakable Bond between Sisters," review of Catching Genius.

Kristy Kiernan Home Page,http://www.kristykiernan.com (August 29, 2007).

Kristy Kiernan Joint Web log,http://www.thedebutanteball.com (August 29, 2007).

Mostly Fiction,http://www.mostlyfiction.com/ (March 1, 2007), Terez Rose, review of Catching Genius.

Seize the Book,http://www.seizethebook.com/ (April 23, 2007), review of Catching Genius.

Up Close and Personal by E.I. Johnson,http://eijohnson4u.blogspot.com/ (June 4, 3007), interview with Kristy Kiernan.