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Donnelly grew up in Johnson City, Tennessee where he attended Science Hill High School and East Tennessee State University, graduating with a degree in Economics. During his school years, his parents owned part interest in the Sevier Theatre Corporation that included two movie theaters in downtown Johnson City, as well as one in Jonesborough and the Skyline Drive-In Theatre.

Donnelly’s interest in writing detective fiction stemmed from early film noir private eye movies being shown at the Sevier Theatre in Johnson City and the Jackson Theatre in Jonesborough.

Upon graduating from college, Donnelly went to work for Kingsport Press and soon found himself in New York City working with a variety of publishers as a customer service representative and later as a sales representative for four different book manufacturing companies. Donnelly left New York in 1992, moved South and opened a sales office for The Maple Press. At that time, Keith and his wife Tessa moved to Gatlinburg.

After writing Three Deuces Down and Three Days Dead, Donnelly retired in 2009 to pursue a full-time writing career. Three Devils Dancing and Three Deadly Drops followed. The fifth Donald Youngblood mystery entitled Three Dragons Doomed was released in 2014. Book six, Three Daggers Dripping, was released in November of 2015, Three Divers Deep in 2017, and Three Doorways Dark was released in 2021. Keith released his first Youngblood Story, Moving Target in 2019 and the second Youngblood Story, The Christmas Stranger in 2021. The newly released The Cajun Circle is his third Youngblood Story. He is currently working on a new book, his first Youngblood novel, due out in late 2024.

The Donnellys lost their Gatlinburg home in the East Tennessee wildfires in November of 2016 and relocated to Kingsport, Tennessee where they presently reside.

Keith enjoys biking and pickle ball, but his passion is downhill skiing. Keith and his wife Tessa (a native of Kingsport) have four grown children and four granddaughters.

For more information on Keith Donnelly, the Donald Youngblood Mystery Series and Youngblood Stories, please visit the series’ website:
www.donaldyoungbloodmysteries.com and Facebook page at:
www.facebook.com/DonaldYoungbloodMysteries.

This page last updated on: 10/25/2023

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