Kristin Kisska used to be a
finance geek, complete with MBA and Wall Street pedigree. A member of the International
Thriller Writers, James River Writers, and Sisters in Crime, Kristin is now a
self-proclaimed fictionista.
Her short mystery story, “The Sevens” was included in the Anthony
Award-winning anthology, MURDER UNDER THE OAKS (2015). “A Colonial Grave,”
which is a murder mystery set in Colonial Williamsburg, was included in Virginia is for Mysteries, Volume II (2016). She was excited that her jewelry heist
short story, “Wine and Prejudice” set in Savannah was included in Fifty Shades of Cabernet (2017). And, she contributed her psychological suspense short
story, “To the Moon and Back” to the eclipse-themed anthology, Day of the Dark
(2017).
When not writing suspense novels and historical thrillers
or blogging for Lethal Ladies Write,
she can be found on her website~ www.KristinKisska.com,
on Facebook @KristinKisskaAuthor, and
Tweeting @KKMHOO. Kristin lives in Virginia
with her husband and three children.
On your website, you describe
yourself as a “finance geek” complete with an MBA and a Wall Street pedigree.
Does that background figure into your fiction?
Thank
you for hosting me on your blog, Katherine! It’s truly an honor.
No, I
haven’t written any finance stories yet; perhaps I overdosed on corporate
financial statements and stock prices when I wore my investment banker hat.
That said, someday I hope my muse will inspire me with a chilling MBA-themed
suspense or mystery plot.
So far my
published stories have involved a secret society (“The Sevens”), a cold case
murder (A Colonial Grave), a jewelry heist (“Wine and Prejudice”), and with Day of the Dark, a mother-daughter bond
(“To the Moon and Back”).
I had to laugh when I saw you had a
story in an anthology called Virginia is
for Mysteries. I used to work for the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and had
the original “Virginia is for Lovers” t-shirt. (And yes, many people asked me
if my name was Virginia.) What took you from Virginia to Prague?
I’m a first
generation American from then-Czechoslovakia.
A few years after the Iron Curtain fell, I decided it was finally time
to explore the country of my dad’s birth and meet my family members. I bought a
one-way ticket to Prague—my parents thought I was nuts. After three years living in the *Paris of the
East*, I returned to the States, but Prague is still the city of my heart (it’s
the setting of both a new short story and the novel I’m currently writing).
