Katie Pierson

When she's not writing fiction, Katie Pierson edits and writes for non-profits, using her background in public policy and grassroots organizing to overthrow the patriarchy one introverted step at a time. She's a former lobbyist for Planned Parenthood of MN/SD, and a lifelong pro-choice activist. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in American History from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master's in American History from the University of Minnesota. Her published work includes political Commentaries in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, articles for Minnesota Journal (a public policy monthly) and Nebraska Humanities journal, and a chapter of an anthology called Nebraska Voices: Telling the Stories of our State. She also returns library books, makes soup, and tries to be cooler than she really is by hip-hopping at the YMCA. She lives with her husband and two daughters in a suburb of Minneapolis. You can reach her through her website, www.katiepierson.net, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/89walls/, and on Twitter @katiedoodles58.