Ask the Author: Kate Folk
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Kate Folk
Yes! I'm writing another novel, and I'm also working on some new short stories. It will likely be a bit before anything is ready for primetime, but then again hopefully not too long. Thanks for reading!
Kate Folk
Hi Donna! Thanks for this question. There isn't a firm connection honestly. I wanted the character to be from somewhere midwestern and suburban, and I must have landed on Wheaton after doing some internet research. I grew up in Iowa, but often find myself rooting characters in Illinois, maybe because it's similar but not exactly like where I grew up. There was also something about the name "Wheaton" that felt evocative to me, a kind of American everytown, symbolic of the stasis the narrator longed to eject herself from (though I'm sure it's a very nice place in reality)
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Dec 15, 2025 01:30PM · flag