Kathryn Bowers

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Kathryn Bowers has written and edited fiction and nonfiction books and articles and taught writing at UCLA. She began her career in journalism as a staff editor of the Atlantic Monthly and worked for James Fallows, the Washington Editor of the Atlantic, and for CNN-International in London. Kathryn later served as an assistant press attaché at the United States Embassy in Moscow, where she received a State Department Meritorious Honor Award for her service.

Kathryn holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Andy Bowers, their daughter, and the family dog. She tweets as @kathrynsbowers and @zoobiquity.