Kathryn is a wife, and a mother of two. She presents workshops at the Writer's Center. Kathryn is just getting started off writing. She doesn't have many books published, but the four books she does have have good reviews. The books that are out are, "The absolute Value of Mike, Quaking, Ibhubesi: The Lion, and Mockingbird. She won the 2010 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for her Novel, Mockingbird.