Jilliene McKinstry

I’m an author in the Pacific Northwest. I have had a couple exciting careers- first in television news as a photographer hanging out of helicopters and chasing sirens, then in academia teaching communication to engineering students. Three guesses which required more of a sense of humor.

My first book was published in 2005 by Avalon. A few years, single parenthood, two master’s degrees and a PhD program later, it was time to start writing again.

The Lady Faith is that first book. Three sisters and the three brothers they’ve been betrothed to since birth. What could possibly go wrong?

In 2019 I will be publishing a series of short mystery stories with an eclectic cast of characters in a tiny mountain town in Washington State as well as a new contemporary romance. I don’t promise to stay within any one genre as I love all good stories but promise that humor and the ironies of love and life will be consistent in my books.