Hi, I'm Kate.

I grew up surrounded by artists. My mother was a playwright and then a screenwriter, producing some of the best television shows of that time while I goofed around on set, chatting up the crew. My stepfather is an actor. And as a little girl, I sat in the seats of my father's Chicago theatre company, studying the way he directed from one rehearsal to the next, until the show was ready for opening night.

That immersion in story-making shaped my writing — but it also taught me how much persistence, support, and community it takes for a vision to come to life. Building that kind of community is one of my aims here, too. Join any of my courses and I think you'll find a space that is as fun as it is productive.

Add to my formative experiences an MFA in Fiction and twenty-plus years of professional, story-centered work: story-editing on TV dramas, writing commercials and brand identity, teaching for various writing programs, mentoring PEN America and Center for Fiction Emerging Voices Fellows, and editing bestselling authors. At every step, I've seen how our personal narratives intersect with — and often stop us from — writing the stories we need to write. It's through untangling those threads that our best work can emerge.

My editorial support has always gone beyond the pages a writer shares with me. To strengthen that practice further, I'm continuing my own education, currently focused on Narrative Therapy. Until that degree is complete, I can't replace an actual therapist — but I can be far more helpful with your writing, offering everything I know from a lifetime of studying craft and decades spent connecting with fellow artists. My greatest joy continues to be the light in a writer's eyes when the curtain parts and they recognize just how powerful their story can be.