Kay Oldham Cornelius (14 January 1933 – 23 January 2017) was a published author with more than a dozen novels to her credit.
She also wrote test units for the PSAT and College Board 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, 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 was a member of the Romance Writers of America, Authors Guild, National League of American PEN Women, Alabama Writers Conclave, Alabama Writers Forum, Phi Delta Kappa, and Delta Kappa Gamma.