Cat Jameson is enjoying her third career, this one as a writer of romantic suspense novels packed with equal parts suspense, snark, and spice. Before that, she was a criminal defense lawyer for almost three decades, a life experience that finds its way into her stories. Upon retiring from the practice of law, Jameson began a second ten-year-long career as co-owner of a metaphysical bookstore— exchanging her law books for books on astrology, tarot, and non-mainstream spiritual traditions. “People see that as a 180-degree shift,” Cat explains with a laugh, “but in truth, both have always been a part of me. The only thing that changed was which was front and center.” She says the same is true for her third career as a writer: “I’ve been writing stories since I was a kid. I just never sent any of them out into the world.” That changed in 2024 when Jameson’s debut novel, Chasing Shadows, was not only sent out, but picked up by The Wild Rose Press. It was released in March, 2025.

Happily divorced for almost as long as she was married, Cat has two lovely adult daughters who won’t read her books because reading anything their mother writes about sex is just ‘too weird’ — and two granddaughters still young enough to think she’s fabulous. They would be the reason she’s plotting a move back to St. Louis in the not-too-distant future. In the meantime, when not writing or playing with grandkids, Jameson is most likely to be off on a road trip with her best friend and former business partner in a ten-year-old van named Woo — stopping at every bookstore and thrift shop along the way, loading up on ‘things they do not need and have no room for.’

Chasing Shadows is now available!

NOTE:  Cat Jameson is a pen name. Anyone wishing to check Cat’s legal credentials will need to search for Cat (or Cathy) Kelly.  She was enrolled at Washington University School of Law under her maiden name of  Cathy Gilbert.