Kay Sloan, a native of Mississippi, teaches creative writing and American studies at Miami University of Ohio. She is the author of two literary novels, with a third, Give Me You, nearing completion. Her first novel, Worry Beads, won the Ohioana Book Award, while her second novel, The Patron Saint of Red Chevys, received selection as a Barnes & Noble "Discover Great Writers" choice. Sloan has also published several books on American cultural history. Her first book, Looking Far North: The Harriman Expedition to Alaska 1899 (co-authored with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian William H. Goetzmann) was the basis for the PBS documentary, The Harriman Expedition Re-Traced, recreating the unusual voyage, on which she served as a consultant. She has made a film documentary, Suffragettes in the Silent Cinema, based on her book, The Loud Silents: Origins of the Social Problem Film. Her novel, The Birds are on Fire is a New Women's Voices award winner.
