secret mission: Mondo Beyondo
I am lucky in a thousand ways this summer. And one of them is that I get to help host a Secret Mission for the Dream...
how to make a comfort list
In Get Lucky, the main character makes a “comfort list” of things that are soothing. Here it...
how women take care of each other
Okay, lucky me. After I made this video lots of other fun projects came my way. One of those projects was to make a...
the barbecue capital of Texas
I kind of lean in a vegetarian direction. But when you go to the Bar-B-Q capital of Texas, you just HAVE to be a...
the Lockhart Library
Last week, I drove out to Lockhart, Texas, with my mom for a book event. The library in my new book is based on the...
make your own luck
I’ve just made a new trailer for Get Lucky that tries to feel a little bit like the book. I was super-lucky to...
spoiled goats, fresh cheese: Blue Her...
Over winter break, we went out to the country to visit my childhood friend Christian and his wife Lisa at their farm....
praise for Get Lucky
“[A] thoroughly enjoyable girlish romp.” – Library Journal “Center delivers an original, engaging, and...
free LUCK for everybody
So we had the book launch party for Get Lucky on Saturday. I really wasn’t sure how many people would show up,...
radio is an art
I had such a fun time this morning talking with Christopher Gabriel on his radio program at WDAY in Fargo, North...
Skype!
Let’s video conference on Skype! It’s unbelievably easy–and so fun. All you have to do is go to...
book trailer for Get Lucky
Get Lucky is a novel about many different things, but one of them is sisters. I have two sisters,...
HEAR a clip from GET LUCKY
My third novel, Get Lucky, comes out next week!! Here’s a fun, sneak-peek audio clip! Click here to...
reading: Things to Remember not to Fo...
This essay was published in the anthology Because I Love Her: 34 Women Writers Reflect on the Mother-Daughter Bond,...
you're invited!!!
Pretty much every book-related thing I do is fun. But there’s something extra-magical about a book launch...
excerpt: Get Lucky
GET LUCKY: A Novel — Chapter 1 First: I got fired. For emailing a website with hundreds of pictures of...
public service announcement
Check out Katherine’s commercial for Writers In The Schools!
The Bright Side of Disaster reviews
Reviews from authors, booksellers and critics “Charming. . . Cleverly told and uncommonly appealing.” ~PEOPLE...
Excerpt from The Bright Side of Disas...
Chapter 1 The end began with a plane crash. Just before midnight on a Tuesday in February. A girl I’d never met...
art for mom 2.0
It’s been a long month of sick kids (and parents) at my house. And even though I knew there would be many,...
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