Just the facts
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Name: Kate Klise
Occupation: author
Other jobs along the way: journalist, waitress, rosebush pruner, ice-skating instructor, babysitter
Birthday: April 13
Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois
Home now: I divide my time between a farmhouse set on 40 acres in the Missouri Ozarks, a brick bungalow in St. Louis, and a tiny apartment in Lisbon, Portugal.
Education: Marquette University, Universidad de Madrid
Favorite books: Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson, Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney, Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns, Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, Doctor DeSoto by William Steig, and a thousand other titles I don't have room to list here
Favorite things to do: read, write, laugh, tinker, walk for hours, get lost in beautiful places
Occupation: author
Other jobs along the way: journalist, waitress, rosebush pruner, ice-skating instructor, babysitter
Birthday: April 13
Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois
Home now: I divide my time between a farmhouse set on 40 acres in the Missouri Ozarks, a brick bungalow in St. Louis, and a tiny apartment in Lisbon, Portugal.
Education: Marquette University, Universidad de Madrid
Favorite books: Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson, Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney, Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns, Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, Doctor DeSoto by William Steig, and a thousand other titles I don't have room to list here
Favorite things to do: read, write, laugh, tinker, walk for hours, get lost in beautiful places
What have I written?
1. Lots of books, many of which are illustrated by my sister, M. Sarah Klise*
2. Loads of articles for People magazine, mainly about crime, music, celebrities, everyday heroes, and the villain next door
3. A documentary about my hero, Blanche Ames
4. A newspaper column for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which I wrote weekly and weakly until I was fired (Best thing that ever happened to me!)
5. Boring press releases for the federal government (Also a good thing because it gave me time to think about other, more interesting things)
6. Transcripts for a PBS affiliate in New Orleans (No original thinking required, but it taught me how to type really, really fast)
7. Thousands of letters to family and friends, which is probably why I write a lot of my books in an epistolary style
8. A blog which you can read right here
*You can see how and where Sarah and I started making books together here.
2. Loads of articles for People magazine, mainly about crime, music, celebrities, everyday heroes, and the villain next door
3. A documentary about my hero, Blanche Ames
4. A newspaper column for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which I wrote weekly and weakly until I was fired (Best thing that ever happened to me!)
5. Boring press releases for the federal government (Also a good thing because it gave me time to think about other, more interesting things)
6. Transcripts for a PBS affiliate in New Orleans (No original thinking required, but it taught me how to type really, really fast)
7. Thousands of letters to family and friends, which is probably why I write a lot of my books in an epistolary style
8. A blog which you can read right here
*You can see how and where Sarah and I started making books together here.