Kate Carlisle is a New York Times bestselling American author known for the Bibliophile Mysteries featuring book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright. She also writes the Fixer-Upper Mysteries, a home renovation cozy mystery series that was adapted by Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Carlisle's interest in rare books and bookbinding is genuine, and she has taken bookbinding classes to ensure the details in her Bibliophile Mysteries are accurate. Her descriptions of book restoration techniques — repairing spines, treating foxing, re-gilding edges — are detailed enough to be educational without slowing the narrative.
Based in California, Carlisle sets the Bibliophile Mysteries in San Francisco, which provides a cosmopolitan backdrop that distinguishes the series from the typical small-town cozy. The books frequently involve the rare book world — auctions, estate sales, private collections — and the crimes often revolve around valuable first editions or historical documents.
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