Writer of facts and fiction

I write novels and stories inspired by sets of facts and bodies of knowledge. I'm a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and my writing appears in Iron Horse, Stone Canoe, Sport Literate, and elsewhere. Find my review of Best Microfiction 2021 at Trampset. I'm at work on a novel composed of short stories, all connected by water.

As a writer for Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences, I report on faculty research in a wide range of subjects. Recent favorites include articles on: new poems, Augustine and slavery, extreme astronomy, and a submarine robot named Icefin.

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Recent Blog Posts

Person wearing a blue jacket and red hat runs on a snowy road

Hope is the thing wearing trainers

By Kate Blackwood | November 30, 2024

A big “amen” to JOG ON by Bella Mackie, especially as we enter the cold, dark season.

Words typed on a paper, with red pen marks

Spooky season for my novel draft

By Kate Blackwood | October 30, 2024

Red ink is not blood, but it’s spooky season for my novel in progress.

wide open green meadow under a blue sky; there's a sculpture of a naked woman in the center. There's a bird on the head of the sculpture

Prairie is my new ocean

By Kate Blackwood | September 30, 2024

For the first time in my life, I am not in obvious proximity to a body of water. I feel marooned.

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