Kay Cornelius

Kay Cornelius
Born(1933-01-14)January 14, 1933
DiedJanuary 23, 2017(2017-01-23) (aged 84)
OccupationNovelist
Writing career
Period1985-present
GenresChristian romance
Biography
Young Adult
Notable awardsSullivan Award (Peabody College, 1952)

Kay Oldham Cornelius (January 14, 1933 – January 23, 2017) was a published author with more than a dozen novels to her credit. She also wrote test units for the PSAT and College Board specialized-subject achievement tests, as well as reviewing the Board's English literature examination.

Cornelius was a teacher, mostly in the English department at Virgil I. Grissom High School in Huntsville, Alabama, for the majority of her 34-year teaching career. Her first novel, Love's Gentle Journey, was published in 1985. Cornelius retired from teaching to write full-time in 1990.

Cornelius was a member of the Romance Writers of America, Authors Guild, National League of American PEN Women, Alabama Writers Conclave, Alabama Writers Forum, Phi Delta Kappa, and Delta Kappa Gamma.

Partial bibliography

References

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