Awardwinning writer Jenny Kales is the
author of ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, the
first in The Callie's Kitchen Mystery Series.
She graduated from the University of
WisconsinMadison with a degree in English
and spent several years working as a
copywriter and corporate communications
marketing writer.
Fiction writing is her first love and her
marriage into a GreekAmerican Midwestern
family inspired The Callie's Kitchen mysteries,
featuring Calliope Costas, food business
owner and amateur sleuth. The setting of the
story, "Crystal Bay," is inspired by a favorite
family vacation spot Wisconsin's beautiful
Geneva Lakes.
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Kales' freelance writing about parenting has
appeared in many venues including The
TODAY Show Parents site. Her award
winning blog, The NutFree Mom, has been
featured in newspapers and websites around
the world; she's also written a bestselling
book by that title.
Kales is an avid reader, cook and baker and
she's addicted to mystery TV, especially
anything on Masterpiece Mystery or BBC
America. She lives just outside of Chicago
with her husband, two daughters and one
cute but demanding Yorkshire terrier.