Praise for KD Casey
“Casey makes an auspicious debut with this sensitive coming-out story set in the world of baseball... [that] will delight devotees of America’s pastime and passionate gay romance. A writer to watch.” —Publishers Weekly
“Casey’s sympathetic, multilayered characters are framed within a baseball story line that informs but never bores. The steamy love scenes don’t disappoint and fans of sports romances will look forward to the author’s next book.” —Library Journal
"Subtle and spectacular...every page serves up a stunner…Casey’s work feels as supple and lived-in as a fielder’s favorite glove, resilient but never rough." —The New York Times
"An emotional, dreamy, sexy, gorgeous, gut-punch of a love story. I fell madly in love with Casey's writing… The best debut novel I've read in years." —Lauren Blakely, #1 NYT Bestselling author of Scoring With Him
“This book is EVERYTHING I want in a sports romance—high stakes, sexy heat, and heart-pounding emotion, with an ending that brought tears to my eyes.” —Lyssa Kay Adams, author of The Bromance Book Club
“This book has been living rent free in my head since I finished it... I can't recommend it enough.” —Cat Sebastian, author of We Could Be So Good
“KD Casey’s baseball romances always hit on every single level possible — five-tool players, the lot of them.” —Alicia Thompson, author of Love in the Time of Serial Killers
“KD Casey writes quiet, emotional, deeply romantic books that are impossible to put down.” —Rachel Reid, USA Today bestselling author of Heated Rivalry and The Long Game
“Casey's writing is unparalleled: immersive and atmospheric, it immediately places the reader inside the characters' worlds with intimacy and skill. A portrait of both baseball and queer love that is tender and complex, full of tension, and sparking-from-the-first-chapter-chemistry.” —Anita Kelly, author of Something Wild & Wonderful
KD Casey (they/she) is a writer and baseball enthusiast living in the Washington, DC, area. She primarily writes romance books focused on Jewish characters and characters with disabilities. Her books have been featured in the New York Times, Iowa Public Radio, Book Riot, Hey Alma, Kveller, and LGBTQ Reads, among other publications. Her second novel, FIRE SEASON, was named a New York Times Best Romance Book of 2022.
In other genres, her horror short story, “The Last Plague” was longlisted for Best Horror of the Year #14. She has also written for a variety of baseball analysis websites including FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus. She believes in high socks, unbuttoned jerseys, and the designated hugger, not the designated hitter.
Contact
Find her fiction writing here or subscribe to her newsletter for updates. Email her at KDCaseyWrites AT gmail DOT com.
KD is represented by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency.
Press materials can be found here.
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