Katie is an aspiring novelist and wordsmith. Her stories often explore faith, the hopeful, the imaginative, and the complexities of being human with other humans. She loves to build scenes and characters using dialogue and finds peculiar joy in editing a “good” story to make it a great one. She is currently writing her first YA fiction novel and hopes to one day publish both children’s (middle grade) and YA literature.

Katie loves talking about writing almost as much as she loves writing itself, so she’s started a monthly blog called ‘Writerly Thoughts.’ Check it out!

fiction

• “Training Wheels and Cracked Helmets,” The Darien News. March 2, 2023.
• “Yam Soufflé,” McIntosh Life, pgs 58-62. Fall 2022 edition.
• June Journals, daily word prompts designed to spark your writing back into a place of creative freedom. Read the full collection of stories here.
• “It is Well” in Hillfire Press Anthology, Volume I. May 2022. Purchase the volume here & see me read an excerpt here.
• “A Thousand Words,” McIntosh Life, pgs 60-62. Fall 2021 edition.
• “and so they danced” in From Arthur’s Seat, Volume V. May 2020. Purchase the volume here & see me read an excerpt here.

poetry

• “Potsherds: A Poem, in Two Parts” in Hillfire Press Anthology, Volume II. May 2023. Purchase the volume here & join us for our online launch here.
• eben.ezer, a collection of poetry & drawings reflecting on the 2020 covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Limited edition artbook. 2021. available for purchase.

reflective prose & lifewriting

• “Unleash the Waterworks.” Guest blog post, Keep Waterin’ the Plants. May 11, 2022.
• “Proof of Miracles: Finding Strength in Motherhood During Covid-19.” Guest blog post, Keep Waterin’ the Plants. April 19, 2022.
• “Let it Rain,” McIntosh Life, pgs 56-60. Spring 2021 edition.
• (breathe), a collaborative work created by students and staff of Brown Christian Fellowship. Editor. 2019.

academic & nonfiction

• Chats with Creatives, a blog of interviews in which Creatives share their stories, inspiration, and current projects. 2021.
• “Why Write?” LLC Blethers 2020. February 20, 2020. The Counting House, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. // Awarded “Best Overall” presentation.
• “Memory, Lived. Theory. Practiced?: Critically Engaging with the Extraordinary Mundane of Sapelo Island,” Critical Urban Theory (2016 Projects) with Dr. Stefano Bloch. Brown University. 2016.

current roles

• Prose Editor, Poetry Co-editor, & Contributing Writer for Hillfire Press, Edinburgh. Anthology of poetry & prose printed annually.
• Freelance article / short story contributor for The Darien News.
• Editor-in-Chief for Kitchen Hero Academy program materials (cookbook and manual). Summer program for middle school students to foster healthy cooking and eating lifestyles, founded by Dr. Megan Bartley, OTD, OTR/L.
• Active member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
• Active member of American Christian Fiction Writers (Volunteer Judge for First Impressions Contest, 2022).

education
Creative Writing, MSc with Merit, focus in Fiction. University of Edinburgh. Class of 2020.
Urban Studies & Visual Arts (Honors), BA. Brown University. Class of 2018.

Thriving Christian Artist Masterclass with Matt Tommey. Online masterclass for Creative Christians, January 2021.
Audio Drama Scriptwriting Workshop, by podium.me. January 2020. Printmakers, Edinburgh, UK.

Order your copy of the first Hillfire Press Anthology (May 2022) now! Featuring my short story “It is Well,” and other prose and poetry pieces from the Hillfire team.

There are still a few eben.ezer books available! Read more about the project and order yours here (or by clicking the image below).