Katrina Kittle | |
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Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Education | Ohio University Spalding University (MFA) |
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Katrina Kittle is an American novelist from Dayton, Ohio. She is the author of multiple novels like Morning in This Broken World and many more. [1]
Kittle is an alumnus of Ohio University, where she earned degrees in English and Education, and Spalding University, where she earned an MFA. [2]
Kittle was a middle school teacher at The Miami Valley School, and an English teacher at Centerville High School.[ citation needed ] From 2013 to 2014, she was employed as a Program Assistant at the Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, but as of June 2015 she was no longer listed on their Staff webpage. [3]
Kittle is represented by Lisa Bankoff of International Creative Management. [4] Her current publisher is HarperCollins. [5] Kittle has appeared at the Antioch Writers' Workshop in Yellow Springs, Ohio, an annual week-long writing workshop. [6]
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