Kourtney Heintz

Kourtney Heintz writes award winning cross-genre fiction for adults. Her debut novel, The Six Train to Wisconsin, is a gripping story about a man named Oliver, who attempts to save his wife Kai from her out-of-control telepathy, and brings her to the quiet Wisconsin town he abandoned a decade ago, where he must confront the secrets of his past to save their future. Kourtney has been featured in the Republican American, on WTNH’s CT Style, and Everything Internet on the radio. As K.C. Tansley, she writes young adult. Her debut YA time travel murder mystery novel, The Girl Who Ignored Ghosts, is about a teenage girl, Kat Preston, who ignores ghosts so she can have an normal life. The ghosts, however, have other plans for her. Her article “Know Thy Genre” appeared in the May 2011 CTRWA newsletter and was selected by several RWA chapters for reprint in their newsletters. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and Backspace. She has been a panelist and presented workshops at writing conferences, universities, bookstores, libraries, and fantasy conventions. (Check out the News section for a list of her previous and upcoming author events.) She resides in Connecticut with her Shih-Tzu Lhasa Apso warrior lapdog. Years of working on Wall Street provided the perfect backdrop for her imagination to run amuck at night, dreaming up worlds where the unbelievables thrive.