Kathryn Caraway
Thriller Author

On the surface, I look like any other woman. My days are filled with laundry, cooking, and cleaning up after the dog. But beneath the surface, I live a very different life than most.

 

I was a victim of crime. While at my home, I had that heart-pounding moment of calling 9-1-1. I walked through my house with a loaded gun, feeling the adrenaline coursing through my body. For years, I lived life as the target of a sadistic stalker. My journey through the judicial system was nothing like what you see on television. It was frustrating. It was difficult. And taking the witness stand to testify against the perpetrator that turned my life upside down was worth it when he was convicted.

 

After an infuriatingly short sentence on three separate charges, and two probation violations, I chose to enter a clandestine life. I quit my job, changed my name, relocated, and deleted all social media profiles. Even so, after he completed probation, he was arrested, again, for violating the protective order because he attempted to locate me. He continues his hunt and the thought of him finding me haunts every decision I make.

 

With a Bachelor of Arts in the English degree family, I turned to writing. I've always been an avid reader, and writing stories was a hobby since I was 14. With a new name, in a strange place and no job, it became my passion. I wrote my true crime memoir in 2022 and, later that year, I wrote a fictional alternate ending to my own story. I fell in love with the thrill of writing plot twists with characters developed from the recesses of my imagination. After writing my first book, Kathryn Caraway is the pseudonym I created when I decided to venture down the dark, scary path of publishing. The name I hide behind is an imaginary badge of bravery I use to share my story in hopes that people will understand the mechanics of crime. 

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For years, I haven’t had a digital footprint. Even with a pseudonym, I hope it doesn’t lead him to me.