Kate grew up as the oldest in a family of eight children.  She attended Chico State University where she received Bachelors in Computer Science and Applied Computer Graphics. Since graduating, Kate has gotten married, given birth to a son, worked on a video game called "Campaign of '63" (Google it, if you like Civil War strategy games), and written a paranormal mystery novel about a palm reader turned amateur detective. Kate is currently working on marketing Six Keys, her first novel, and is also in the process of writing two other books: the first is a prequel to Six Keys, called The Doorman's Collection and the other is the first in a fantasy trilogy called Compis.