Kay Oldham Cornelius is a published author with more than a dozen novels to her credit. She also wrote test units for the PSAT and College Board

College Board

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 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

Huntsville, Alabama

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, 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 is a member of the Romance Writers of America

Romance Writers of America

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, Authors Guild, National League of American PEN Women, Alabama Writers Conclave, Alabama Writers Forum, Phi Delta Kappa

Phi Delta Kappa

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, and Delta Kappa Gamma.

Partial bibliography

• Love's Gentle Journey, (October 1985, Zondervan Publishing Company, ISBN 9780310470021)
• More Than Conquerors, (January 1994, Heartsong Presents, ISBN 9781557484529)
• Sign Of The Bow, (September 1994, Heartsong Presents, ISBN 9781557485601)
• Sign Of The Eagle, (1994, Heartsong Presents, ISBN 9781557485649)
• Sign Of The Dove, (1995, Heartsong Presents, ISBN 9781557485823)
• A Matter of Security, (1995, Barbour Publishing Co., ISBN 9781557486998)
• Sign Of The Spirit, (1995, Heartsong Presents, ISBN 9781557487001)
• Politically Correct, (1996, Heartsong Presents, ISBN 9781577480075)
• A Nostalgic Noel, (September 1998, Barbour Publishing Co., ISBN 9781577483496)
• Twin Willows, (February 1999, Barbour Publishing Co., ISBN 9780061013768)
• The Supreme Court, (February 2000, Chelsea House Publishers, ISBN 9780791055328)
• Chamique Holdsclaw (Women Who Win), (September 2000, Chelsea House Publishers, ISBN 9780791057933)
• Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox, (December 2000, Chelsea House Publishers, ISBN 9780791061343)
• Edgar Allan Poe, (2002, Chelsea House Publishers, ISBN 9780791061732)
• Emily Dickinson, (2002, Chelsea House Publishers, ISBN 9780791061794)
• Pennsylvania (novella collection), (May 2002, Barbour Publishing Co., ISBN 9781586605032)
• Toni's Vow, (January 2004, Heartsong Presents, ISBN 9781593100681)
• Anita's Fortune, (February 2004, Heartsong Presents, ISBN 9781593101237)
• Mary's Choice, (August 2004, Barbour Publishing Co., ISBN 9781593101398)
• Alabama (novel collection), (February 2005, Barbour Publishing Co., ISBN 9781593105624)
• Summons To The Chateau D'Arc, (August 2005, Five Star Expressions, ISBN 9781594143861)