Kathleen Mayes is a former music professor and lifelong classical guitarist from Southern New Jersey. She spent over thirty years teaching classical guitar, music history, and theory at Rowan University, while also performing in concert halls and playing background music in cozy cafés at and around Philly and South Jersey.

She’s recorded several albums—solo and in duet with her husband, Joseph Mayes. The duo made their Carnegie Hall debut in 2010. Along the way, she’s worked with wonderful ensembles and published guitar quartet arrangements published by Guitar Chamber Music Press.

Now retired from the classroom and the concert stage, Kathleen has traded her sheet music for stories. She’s having a blast writing mysteries filled with music, ghosts, and just the right amount of mischief.