About the Author

Katharine Haake's most recent books are a novel, That Water, Those Rocks, and a collection of stories, The Height and Depth of Everything, both from University of Nevada Press. Her short fiction has appeared widely (Iowa Review, Witness, New Letters, Santa Monica Review). She has received an Individual Artist's Grant from the City of Los Angeles, and distinguished story recognitions from Best American Short Stories and Best of the West. She also is the co-author of What Our Speech Disrupts: Feminism and Creative Writing Studies. She teaches at California State University, Northridge.