I’m Katy, and I write stories. Some are fiction. Some are not. I like to make my main characters the underdog. I’ve been published in literary magazines and am Pushcart, Best American Short Stories, and Best Small Fictions nominated. I have a prose collection, Anchored, from Belle Point Press, and I have a novel, Traveling Alone, from Cowboy Jamboree Press.
When I’m not writing, I’m traveling the country following my favorite musicians and collecting oddities for my menagerie. I was born and raised in South Carolina. I live in Anderson with my spouse and two dogs, Finn and Betty Anne.
A few of my favorite things
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Authors who inspire me
Joan Didion, Roxane Gay, Denise Giardina, Silas House, Shirley Jackson, Gabriel García Márquez, Haruki Murakami, Flannery O’Connor, Ron Rash, Carter Sickels, and so many more Music that fuels me
Brandi Carlile, Tyler Childers, Brandy Clark, Brent Cobb, Sierra Ferrell, Rhiannon Giddens, Nikki Lane, The Mastersons, Amanda Shires, and the list goes on and on. Things that keep me trudging through the writing trenches
My sweet husband. My freeloading dogs. Savannah—my home away from home. Writer friends. Lots of Cheetos. The Western North Carolina mountains. Jazzercise. MerleFest. Two fingers of Lagavulin. My music tribe. |
