The Gifts We Keep is Katie Grindeland's first book and winner of the 2016 Multnomah County Library Writers Project. Grindeland is from Bellevue, Washington, and graduated from Marylhurst University with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in professional writing. When she is not busy working as a 911/Police/Fire Dispatcher in Portland, Oregon, she enjoys hiking and watching The Office on repeat with her two teenagers.
