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Kath Saxby’s fiction has been published by Pen+Brush In Print and Storyscape. She was a finalist in competitions held by Arts and Letters, Summer Literary Seminars, Hunger Mountain and was shortlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the City College of New York. Visit kathsaxby.com
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Kath Saxby’s fiction has been published by Pen+Brush In Print and Storyscape, and her non-fiction and photos by major New Zealand newspapers, New Zealand Doctor, Scapes, TNT and Natural History. She was a finalist in competitions held by Arts and Letters, Summer Literary Seminars, Hunger Mountain and shortlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize. She was selected for a New York Mills residency in northern Minnesota and she holds an MFA in creative writing from the City College of New York. Kath grew up in Fiji and in New Zealand and currently teaches English as a second language in East Harlem. Visit kathsaxby.com
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Kath Saxby’s fiction has been published by Pen+Brush In Print and Storyscape and her non-fiction and photos by major New Zealand newspapers, New Zealand Doctor, Scapes, TNT and Natural History. She was a finalist in competitions held by Arts and Letters, Summer Literary Seminars, Hunger Mountain and shortlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize. She was selected for a New York Mills residency and holds an MFA in creative writing from the City College of New York. She has a completed novel-in-waiting, titled Dog Wars.
Kath grew up in Fiji and in New Zealand where she worked on the family farm. She has held jobs in computer programming, sales, truck driving, meat-packing and office administration, and currently teaches English as a second language to adults in East Harlem. She lives with her wife, Vienna Carroll, in New York City. She loves plants both wild and cultivated, and uses food as medicine. Visit kathsaxby.com
Photo
Large Photo 800 px by 800 px. Permission is granted to freely use this photograph for promotional or press purposes. Please credit photographer, Phyllis Wymer.