Kerry’s publishing credits include a popular newspaper and e-zine humor column, “The Lighter Side,” (2009—2011); and her magazine articles have been published in Local Life Magazine, The Bluffton Breeze, Lady Lowcountry, and Island Events Magazine. She is the author of the Olivia Callahan Suspense series, Level Best Books; and book four in this series recently released.  Book five releases in 2025. Her standalone suspense novel, Back Before Dawn, released in the summer of 2023, also by Level Best Books. She is past chapter president of the Maryland Writers’ Association and a current member and presenter of Hilton Head Island Writers’ Network, South Carolina Writers Association, Pat Conroy Literary Center, International Thriller Writers, and the Sisters in Crime organization.

After retiring from a career in advertising where she wore several hats, including copywriter, account manager, and creative director;  she and her husband  landed for good in Hilton Head Island, SC in 2015.  Kerry is the mother of four adult children. She and husband, Jim, enjoy kayaking, beach time, bicycling, road trips, and the scenic vistas of the Lowcountry.