About Katherine

Katherine Burnette is a former federal and state prosecutor. Her debut novel, Judge’s Waltz, won a Pinnacle and Feathered Quill award. Her work has appeared in Flying South, the Mystery Tribune, Maudlin House, Deep South magazine, Sky Island Journal and in several issues of the moonShine review.

Burnette graduated with B.A. and JD degrees from Wake Forest University and a MFA degree in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte. She is a state district court judge and lives in Oxford, North Carolina.