kathleen rooney

Non-Fiction Author

Birthday March 2, 1980

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Beckley, WV

Age 44 years old

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About

American writer, publisher, editor and educator. Her works include poetry collections and the novels O, Democracy! (2014), Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk (2017), and Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey (2020). 

Before Fame

She earned a BA from the George Washington University and a MFA in Writing, Literature and Publishing from Emerson College

Trivia

She co-founded Rose Metal Press, an independent not-for-profit publishing house with Abigail Beckel in 2006. She has 5,000 Twitter followers.

Family Life

She married Martin Seay, who is a writer as well. 

Associated With

Her reviews and criticism have appeared in The New York Times Magazine and Allure, among other publications. She is a Senior Professional Lecturer at DePaul University.