KATHIE GIORGIO is the author of eight novels, two story collections, an essay collection, and four poetry collections. She's been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in fiction and poetry and awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association, the Silver Pen Award for Literary Excellence, the Pencraft Award for Literary Excellence, and the Eric Hoffer Award In Fiction. Her poem Light won runner-up in the 2021 Rosebud Magazine Poetry Prize. Kathie is also the director and founder of AllWriters' Workplace & Workshop LLC, an international creative writing studio. She lives in Waukesha, Wisconsin.