Kate Rounds

Kate Rounds is a veteran journalist who grew up on the Massachusetts coast. She's been a freelance writer, staff reporter, staff writer, and editor in chief of a trade publication. Rounds hit her stride at Ms. Magazine where she was Senior Editor, News Editor, and Gloria Steinem’s editor, putting her in the orbit of great feminist writers, artists, and thinkers. 

From there Rounds went on to be Executive Editor at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, where she connected with stellar activists and brave advocates for women’s health and safety. She also spent last fifteen years as Editor in Chief of the Hudson Reporter, mentoring young reporters cutting their teeth on local news. 

Rounds lives in Jersey City without a cat. Her novel, 

Kate Rounds is a veteran journalist who grew up on the Massachusetts coast. She's been a freelance writer, staff reporter, staff writer, and editor in chief of a trade publication. Rounds hit her stride at Ms. Magazine where she was Senior Editor, News Editor, and Gloria Steinem’s editor, putting her in the orbit of great feminist writers, artists, and thinkers. 

From there Rounds went on to be Executive Editor at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, where she connected with stellar activists and brave advocates for women’s health and safety. She also spent last fifteen years as Editor in Chief of the Hudson Reporter, mentoring young reporters cutting their teeth on local news. 

Rounds lives in Jersey City without a cat. Her novel, Catboat Road, was published by Bywater Books in September of 2022.