Bio
Hi! I’m Katie, and my debut, YOU BETWEEN THE LINES, came out February 2025 from Forever and was an Amazon's Editor's Pick, a Kobo Best Romance Pick, and a Book of the Month add-on. I have a BA in creative writing and an MFA in poetry, and I’ve worked as a copywriter for ten years for a variety of international brands. Originally from Ohio, I now live in Stockholm, Sweden. I love cats, Taylor Swift, food culture, and procrastinating.
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I love contemporary romance—typically with more rom than com, though I enjoy a classic romcom too. I’m also a literary fiction fan (Sally Rooney, Cecilia Rabess, Curtis Sittenfeld-adjacent work is very much my thing), and I’m a good fit for romances you might query as “upmarket” or “book club” like Yulin Kuang, Tia Williams and Suzanne Rindell.
I would love to work with you on tension (it's my passion), mental health representation, neurodivergent protagonists, and medium-to-high heat. Send me books with deeply human characters, miscommunication (it's not a trope! it's realistic!), and third-act breakups.
Some recent favorites include How Freaking Romantic by Emily Harding, Where You're Planted by Melanie Sweeney, Flirting with Disaster by Naina Kumar, What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon, Things Left Unsaid by Sara Jafari, and Courtroom Drama by Neely Tubati Alexander.
I’m probably not the best fit for: Anything with a strong religious storyline or books with arcs or characters centered around military or law enforcement. While I read and enjoy all heat levels, I gravitate toward medium-to-high heat, and am probably not the best fit for books that could be described as "sweet" or "wholesome." If you're my mom, let's not talk about this.
Mentoring Style
I’ve been in high school, college, and grad school-level writing workshops for years, so I’m sensitive to what feedback is *actually* helpful. I’d try to meet you where you are and give options or brainstorm ideas, trying to make your work the best it can become instead of turning it into something it’s not. I don’t believe in being prescriptive — you know your story best! I tend to keep it real and am straight-forward with feedback, but am very aware of the need for hype, too! Because I'm located in Europe, I do best with in-document comments and emails, but with advance scheduling, I'm down for occasional Zoom calls too.
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Please do not apply to me if we have had extensive conversations online. If we are mutuals on social media but haven't talked more than a comment on a post here or there, feel free to apply.