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When Kathryn was thirteen years old, her mother sent her to New York City over the summer to visit her grandmother, who was a science fiction author. After seeing how her grandmother could make the characters in her books into whomever she wanted, Kathryn decided that she, too, wanted to become a writer someday. Years later, after teaching elementary school, and taking many classes, she now writes full time and lives with her husband, two sons, and her dog, Holly, in Monarch Beach, California. Kathryn was born in New York City, but grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona. She holds a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Chapman University. Her favorite thing to do is walk her dog, Holly, who, she says is so smart, she can practically empty the dishwasher. She also likes organizing absolutely anything, including messy garages, closets, and even cluttered junk drawers. If she could, she would eat the same thing for lunch everyday, which would be a ham, Swiss cheese, and tomato Panini, a green apple, and a chocolate soufflé.
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NEWS & EVENTS
Bookpage has named The Year the Swallows Came Early as one of the Ten best middle grade novels of 2009.
The Year the Swallows Came Early has been named by Booklist as a Top Ten First Novels for Youth in 2009.
The Year the Swallows Came Early is now a California Readers Collection List selection for 2010
The Year the Swallows Came Early has been nominated by SCIBA (Southern California Independent Booksellers Association) for their annual book awards.
Kathryn is teaching a teen writing series through the Rancho Santa Margarita Public Library, located at 30902 La Promesa, RSM, CA., on Oct. 13, Nov. 10, Dec. 8, 2009, and March 9, April 13, 2010. For more information, and to sign up, contact Julie Fiitch, Teen Librarian, at 949-458-6098.
Kathryn will join FOCAL, Friends of the Library, Los Angeles central branch library, 630 West Fifth Street, on Sunday, February 21, 2010, at 2:00pm for a reader's theater from a chapter of her book. Please join us!
Kathryn will be attending the California Reader's Luncheon in Burbank, CA, on February 27, 2010. For more information, go to:
Kathryn will be speaking at the AAUW Literary Luncheon in Laguna Beach, CA, on Saturday, March 13, 2010. For more information, go to:
http://aauw-lagunabeach.org/pgs/program.htm
MEET HOLLY
Holly is a very bossy dog. We can tell she thinks she runs the house by the way she pushes us with her nose to get her some more water, or to throw her green ball.