Kate Hopper is the author of Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers. Her memoir, currently titled Small Continents, is forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press fall of 2013. Kate holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota and has been the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, a Minnesota State Arts Board Grant, and a Sustainable Arts Grant.

Her writing has appeared in a number of journals, including Brevity, Literary Mama, and The New York Times online. She is an editor at Literary Mama and teaches writing online and at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, where she lives with her family. For more information about Kate’s writing, visit her website.