About
Kathleen Hart worked as a reporter in Washington, D.C. for 23 years covering nuclear nonproliferation, energy, biotechnology, and environmental health. Born in Holden, Massachusetts, she received her BA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She published a nonfiction book, Eating in the Dark: America's Experiment with Genetically Engineered Food, with Random House. She published her first novel, The Kiev Confession, in 2023. Set against the fall of the Soviet Union, the novel was named winner of the 2023 American Writing Awards in Political Fiction. The novel received an honorable mention award in the 2024 Readers' Favorite International Book Award contest.
Featured Work
The Kiev Confession
Set against the fall of the Soviet Union, The Kiev Confession weaves together the stories of a Ukrainian family devastated by the Chernobyl disaster and an American journalist who unearths a nuclear secret at the heart of her own family’s tragedy in upstate New York.
Kiev, Ukraine, 1986. Dmitry Marchenko and his sister march with thousands of children in the May Day Parade, unaware that deadly radiation is blanketing the city. Four years later, Dmitry is on a mission to expose Moscow’s coverup of Chernobyl’s true toll.
Washington, D.C., 1990. Vickie Evans, a reporter and single mom, is struggling to succeed in a competitive newsroom. But when her story on radioactive snow at the South Pole leads to a shocking secret hidden for three decades, it shakes the foundation of her beliefs about her family and sets her on a quest for the truth behind her brother’s death.
Dmitry and Vickie risk it all to lay bare the terrible Cold War secrets that shattered the lives of so many. Their journey reveals the indomitable power of truth to heal and rekindle the human spirit with hope and love.
