about Kate

Kate Hart is the author of AFTER THE FALL, a young adult novel published by Macmillan in January 2017. She's also a contributor to the anthologies NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT (Penguin RandomHouse 2024), DAVY JUNE’S LEGENDARY FRY BREAD DRIVE IN (Heartdrum 2025), 2020's OUT NOW (Inkyard) and BODY TALK (Algonquin), and 2018’s TOIL AND TROUBLE (Harlequin Teen) and HOPE NATION (Philomel) .

Before becoming a writer, Kate earned degrees in Spanish and history at Hendrix College, taught preschool and middle school, and wrote grants for a local nonprofit. She helped run YA Highway, a three-time pick for Writer's Digest's "101 Best Websites for Writers,” and has appeared at literature festivals across the country, including YALLWEST, Imanoli Writing Conference, North Texas Teen Book Fair, Arkansas Association of Instructional Media, Chicago Young Adult Book Festival, and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Born in Oklahoma and raised in Arkansas, Kate is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation with Choctaw heritage and a member of the Tulsa chapter of Matriarch. She lives with her family on a mountainside outside of Fayetteville, where she enjoys hiking, tending a large garden, and playing with dog Norbert and cat Pippin. She also co-owns Natural State Treehouses and occasionally sells woodworking and fiber arts as Kate Hart Studio. Her literary work is represented by Alexandra Levick at Writers House.

all photos credit Joshua Hart (except black and white selfie)

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