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Kate Pentecost

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Kate Pentecost was born and raised on the Texas/Louisiana border, where ghosts and rural legends lurk in the pines and nothing is completely as it seems.
She holds an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She was recently nominated for a Rhysling award for her poem "Small Town Witches."
Her debut novel, Elysium Girls, is forthcoming from Disney Hyperion in 2020 in print and audio formats.
She is obsessed with the Romantic Poets and can be identified by the enormous tattoo of Percy Bysshe Shelley on her arm. She lives in Houston.
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Kate Pentecost Honestly, the only way to deal with it is to force yourself to sit down and write. Often, I'll skip to a part I'm excited about writing and then go ba…moreHonestly, the only way to deal with it is to force yourself to sit down and write. Often, I'll skip to a part I'm excited about writing and then go back and fill the rest in when my level of excitement has peaked again, so it doesn't *feel* like I'm not excited to write the parts in between the bits I'm *actually* excited to write about.(less)
Kate Pentecost Having the constant drive to learn new things to the point of expertise. Throughout the years, I've researched the Dust Bowl, the Amish community, des…moreHaving the constant drive to learn new things to the point of expertise. Throughout the years, I've researched the Dust Bowl, the Amish community, desertification, how a battery works, what order one loses one's senses while dying, Houston in the 1970s, and forensics as taught in high school forensics classes. Will this serve me in a practical way in the future? Probably not. Will it make me interesting at parties? Definitely. (less)
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