Kate Danley is twenty year veteran of stage and screen with a B.S. in theatre from Towson University.  She was one of four students to be named a Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the Arts. Her debut novel, The Woodcutter, won the Garcia Award for Best Fiction Book of the Year and 1st Place Fantasy Book by the Reader Views Literary Awards. Her plays have been produced in New York, Los Angeles, and the Washington, DC/Baltimore area.  Her screenplay Fairy Blood won 1st Place in the Breckenridge Festival of Film Screenwriting Competition in the Action/Adventure Category and her screenplay American Privateer was a 2nd Round Choice in the Carl Sautter Memorial Screenwriting Competition.   Her short films Dog Days, Sock Zombie, SuperPout, and Sports Scents can be seen in festivals and on the internet.  She trained in on-camera puppetry with Mr. Snuffleupagus and recently played the head of a 20-foot dinosaur on an NBC pilot.   She is an active member of the famous Acme Comedy Theater in Hollywood and can be seen performing original sketch and improv there on almost any given weekend.  She is the proud owner of three parakeets trained to say “Coffee”, “Wanna watch a movie”, and “You’re so cute”.  She lost on Hollywood Squares.

Garcia Award for the Best Fiction Book of the Year, Reader Views Literary Awards - The Woodcutter

1st Place Fantasy Book Reader Views Literary Awards - The Woodcutter

Dog Days - Produced by Yellow Wood Films

Fairy Blood: 1st Place Winner - Action/Adventure, Breckenridge Festival of Films Screenplay Competition

American Privateer - 2nd Round Choice of the Carl Sautter Memorial Screenwriting Competition

LA Comedy Festival - Hair of the Mangy Dog

Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the Arts