Browder, Catherine

Catherine Browder is the author of three previous books of short fiction: The Clay That Breathes (Milkweed), Secret Lives (SMU Press), and The Heart (Helicon Nine Editions). A playwright and actress who grew up in the Midwest, she has lived in England, Japan, and Taiwan. She has taught ESL here and abroad and creative writing at University of Missouri-Kansas City. She has held fiction fellowships from the NEA and the Missouri Arts Council, and her work has appeared in Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Shenandoah, and elsewhere. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with her husband.