Kathryn Trueblood is an American author who lives in

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. She is most known as a writer of fiction whose work focuses on the

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. She is the recipient of the Goldenberg Prize for Fiction from the ''

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'' and the 2011

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Short Story Award. Trueblood's has work has been critically well received by major publishing trade magazines like '' Kirkus Reviews'' and ''

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''. Trueblood was born and raised in

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. She attended the

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, a unified K-12 school on Catalina Island. She matriculated from

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

and went on to

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...

, where she earned an Master of Fine Arts degree. Trueblood has twice been diagnosed with a chronic illness, first

Graves disease Graves' disease (german: Morbus Basedow), also known as toxic diffuse goiter, is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid. It frequently results in and is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. It also often results in an enlarged thyro ...

, and then Crohn's. She has been frank about the challenges of parenting with a chronic illness and the influences this has on her writing.

Bibliography

* ''The Sperm Donor's Daughter'' (1998)

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*''The Baby Lottery'' (2007)

*''Diary of a Slut'' (2014) SheBooks * ''Take Daily as Needed'' (2019)

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Press

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trueblood, Kathryn 1960 births Living people University of Washington alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni American women writers 21st-century American women