Kathleen Winter is the author of three poetry collections: Transformer (The Word Works), I will not kick my friends (Elixir Press), and Nostalgia for the Criminal Past (Elixir Press). Her chapbook Cat’s Tongue is forthcoming from Texas Review Press in 2022.

Kathleen’s poems and short fiction have appeared in The New Republic, The New Statesman, Poetry London, Yale Review, Agni, Five Points and Colorado Review. She was granted fellowships by the James Merrill House, Cill Rialaig Project, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Dora Maar House and Vermont Studio Center. Her awards include the Poetry Society of America The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award and the Ralph Johnston Fellowship at University of Texas's Dobie Paisano Ranch. Winter teaches creative writing at Sonoma State University.