Writing is my favorite mode of expression. I love sharing my thoughts by stringing words into sentences, sentences into paragraphs, and paragraphs into stories.

I created this website my freshman year of high school to house those thoughts on the Internet. I first wrote about random ideas, family vacations, and food experiments. I even documented my entire knee surgery experience and recovery.

As I’ve grown, my writing has, too (hopefully). My recent pieces are stories and essays that are based on personal experience, but I hope to fully take the leap from autofiction to fiction someday.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you stick around!

~ Katie

Some more things about me:

I graduated from Duke with a major in Economics and minor in East Asian studies. I thought I’d also gotten an English minor, but turns out I was one credit short 😦

Top bucket list items:

• Go somewhere super remote up in the mountains and see all the stars and part of the Milky Way (completed October 2024 but would love to see more)
• See a live opera (completed June 2022)
• Run a marathon (I completed a half marathon in Dec. 2023!)
• Fly first class on a really long flight
• Adopt a dog

Something I could always use: A piece of 70% dark chocolate

Hobbies: Running, hiking, being outdoors; playing clarinet and piano. I also really wish I could sing well.

If I could have any super power, I would be able to speak any language fluently by just hearing it once.

Check out my quest to read more nonfiction (with a healthy dose of brainrot) on Goodreads and my nonsensical movie reviews on Letterboxd!

Last updated November 2025