[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!
Melanie Faith
Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.
Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.
The Society of Professional Journalists
In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.
I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.
Maxine Greene
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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About Katie
I’m a writer, researcher, and lover of stories. I live in Atlanta, Georgia with my husband and two elderly cats, Freckles and Tater. I bought a house here — a loft in a hundred-year-old renovated brick factory — almost two years ago. There is something sturdy and wonderful about living in an old brick factory. Buying my first house in my fifties is a big deal. Home is a big deal. Along the way, I have lived in Miami, Florida, Cincinnati, Ohio, Austin, Texas, Bellingham, Washington, and Indianapolis, Indiana. I was born and raised around Louisville, Kentucky, and proudly host an annual Kentucky Derby party. I attend church weekly in the same progressive Christian denomination where I was raised and learned that God is love. I live with Turner syndrome. Find out more about that here.
I have trekked the Abel Tasman, bathed in the healing waters of Tirta Empul, and kissed the Blarney Stone in search of wide-awakeness. I have written about the arts and sciences for leading organizations such as the Blue Man Group, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, NASA, Ohio University, the University of Cincinnati, and the United States Department of Education. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. More information about me can be found on my website — www.katiesteedly.com.
About Katie
From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
