Katarina (Kat) Bishop is an average teenage girl in all aspects except for one - she comes from a long line of master thieves. In the beginning of the story, Kat is being expelled from the Colgan School, a prestigious ivy league prep school, for placing the headmaster's Porsche on top of the school fountain. Kat has been framed by certain people in her life who want her back in the game. Kat had conned her way into Colgan with the intention of using her education to get out of the family business for good. Kat does not react well when it is decided that she will leave Colgan and return to a life of crime.
Kat is torn between loyalty to her family and wanting a better life for herself - one of normalcy and stability; a life that will allow her to sleep in the same bed every night and know what she will be doing each day. The life of a thief is transitory and unpredictable. Kat has had her fill of that life.
Despite the fact that theft is both immoral and illegal, Kat does not struggle with the concept as long as she follows the thieves' code. One never rats out other cons and never cons an innocent man.
Kat has many unresolved feelings for Hale, her frequent partner in crime
