Kay was born and raised in Tyler Texas. Her family believed in having social graces and they taught her southern manners and  hospitality. She has been blessed with many creative gifts and a percolating personality that never meets a stranger. With Kay, what you see is what you get. She paints a picture with words that is easily imagined and her characters become your friends. She writes as she speaks.

Their grown children cannot believe their parents have gone to the dogs! Kay and husband, James reside with their three small dogs, Puddin Tain, Cookie Le'Creme and Gizmo Fudge in Rockwall Texas, a bustling small town splitting at the seams just a short 30 miles east of Dallas off Lake Ray Hubbard where James owns and operates a retail business.

Kay enjoyed twenty years as a successful Realtor, still licensed but she's has too many irons in the fire to work that industry. Kay says, "You can only have one love affair at a time."


She has penned her first book, Heart to Heart~ Forever, her 2nd, is in the wings and titled; Illiana, while her 3rd is  Dangerously Compulsive which she hopes to have completed by mid summer . Kay enjoys writing in many genres including a children series, The Adventures of the Shade Tree Gang, a sweet and endearing book of RV characters. Kay is gifted with the ability to diversify and write of romance and murder then get in the mind set of children and delight her young readers in a sweet and enduring book of friends meeting and helping each other. More information available soon.

Her books will be available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Headline Books to name a few. More information will be posted on Kay's Blog. You can contact Kay and become her pen pal at www.kayblanks.com/blog. She wants to keep the line of communication open and wants to hear what you like and want her to write more about.

When they are touring, take advantage and meet this personable ball of energy as she comes through and electrifies your town.

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