
Born and bred in Kentucky, Ms. Keam graduated with Distinction from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Middle Eastern Civilization. She then went into business and kept bees as a hobby.
Retiring in 1999 after a life-threatening asthma attack, Abigail
became a full-time beekeeper, launching
Abigail’s
which makes honey/beeswax-based natural products.
Abigail has won sixteen honey awards at the Kentucky State Fair
and is also the first recipient of the Barbara Horn Award, given to
those who score a perfect 100 for State Fair Beekeeping entries.
In 2004 Abigail joined a group of fellow beekeepers in a tour of
South Africa to study African bees and beekeeping.
She lives in Fayette County on the Kentucky River in a metal house with her husband and various critters.
Death By A HoneyBee was her first mystery novel, which won a Gold Medal Award from Reader's Favorite.
Death By Drowning, her second novel, also won a Gold Medal Award from Reader's Favorite in 2011.
Both books were on the USA BOOK NEWS "Best Books of 2011" list as finalists.
Death By Bridle will be released in 2012.
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