Sarah Kennedy Keys writes young and new adult fantasy as well as historical mysteries. She owns more books than shelves but can never resist a secondhand bookstore, especially one with a coffee shop. She holds a degree in English and can talk for hours about Jane Austen and Agatha Christie.

Her heart and home belong to two darling (and spoiled) cats who supervise her writing. When not engaged in something literary, she can be found volunteering, designing websites, playing the piano badly, or making the case to adopt another cat.

Keys’s short story "The Widow of Winthrop House" appears in Not As It Seems: A Gothic Anthology (2025). Follow her on Instagram @sarahkennedykeys and her author website.