Art of Falling (Craft) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—N/A
• Where—Syracuse, New York, USA
• Education—M.S. Miami University (Ohio)
• Currently—lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania


Kathryn Craft writes stories that seek beauty and meaning at the edge of darkness. Rich with material for further thought or discussion, her novels make a perfect choice for book clubs. Pre-order links are live for her debut novel, The Art of Falling, published by Sourcebooks in 2014. The Philadelphia dance world in which the story is set serves as a harsh microcosm of our society, with its celebrity-driven expectations of women's bodies.

As a former modern dancer, choreographer, and 19-year dance critic, Kathryn knows this world. Her interest in body image is personal and life-long (isn't every woman's?) but she researched the issue more academically while obtaining a master's in health and physical education from Miami University, Ohio. Every page of the novel is infused with a dancer's heightened awareness of the human body and its movement.

While the Leaves Stood Still (Sourcebooks, Spring 2015), her second novel, is based on true events surrounding the 1997 suicide standoff that resulted in her husband's death.

She loves to bring writers together, so for more than a decade has served in a variety of positions on the boards of the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group and the Philadelphia Writers' Conference. Kathryn also hosts writing retreats for women and speaks often about writing. She is a contributing editor at the Blood-Red Pencil blog, writes a monthly series, "Turning Whine into Gold" at the Writers in the Storm blog, and freelances as a developmental editor at Writing-Partner.com. She is a proud member of the Liar's Club, co-founded by New York Times best-selling thriller writer Jonathan Maberry and cross-genre fantasy author Gregory Frost. Kathryn is happy to skype with book clubs. Contact her here. (From the author's website.)

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