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Kelly Lange is the acclaimed author of a new
series of mystery novels featuring her sleuth, fictional
television news anchor-reporter Maxi Poole. The first book in
the series, The Reporter, came out in July of 2002, and the
second, Dead File, came out in July of 2003, along with the
paperback edition of The Reporter, all from Warner Books. She
has written two other mystery novels, Trophy Wife and Gossip,
from Simon & Schuster.
In June of 2003 she was awarded first prize in the short story
contest sponsored by the Deadly Ink Writers Conference in New
Jersey.
One of the most celebrated and recognized personalities in
Southern California, Kelly's 28-year history with NBC-4 from
1971 to 1999 made her an icon in local television news. She is
the recipient of numerous awards, including the Emmy for
Outstanding Achievement as a News Anchorperson in the only year
the academy gave that award, as well as several other Emmys and
Los Angeles Press Club awards for Best News Reporting, Best
Writing, and Best News Series. While she anchored the Channel 4
News, her shows received several Golden Mike and Emmy awards for
Best News Broadcast.
Kelly began her broadcast career as a helicopter spot news and
traffic reporter for KABC Radio, served as a reporter with KABC-TV,
and joined NBC-4 in 1971. She was the first woman anchor on any
of the NBC-owned TV stations in the country. She left NBC-4 in
1999 to co-host the television talk show Women2Women on CBS-2.
She made the decision to leave news broadcasting on fateful
9-11, 2001, in order to focus on writing mystery novels.
Kelly Lange was born in New York, and currently resides in
Southern California. |
