Vanishing Year (Moretti)

Author Bio
• Birth—ca. 1978
• Raised—Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
• Education—B.A., Shippensburg University
• Currently—lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania


Kate McInerney Moretti is an American author. She was raised in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, graduating from Easton Area High School in 1996 and from Shippensburg University, where she received her B.A.

Writing, which started out as a hobby, eventually morphed into a passion for Moretti. A mother of two, she worked for 10 years as a scientist at a pharmaceutical company near Philadelphia—yet she somehow managed to find time to write.

Her first book, I Thought I Knew You came out in 2012 and was a surprise hit, racking up enough reviews and sales to push it onto the bestseller charts. Moretti's second book, Binds that Tie, was released in 2014; her third, While You Were Gone, came out in 2015. All three books were issued digitally by an independent online publisher, Red Adept.

Her 2016 book, however, represented a major transition for Moretti—a move nearly every indie author dreams about. The Vanishing Year was picked up Simon & Schuster, a major New York publishing house. The book, a fast-paced thriller, became an instant bestseller.

Moretti and her husband, Chip, live in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with their two daughters. (Adapted from, among other sources, Lehigh Valley Live.)