The Lake Poet - Softcover

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Kathy Stevenson was a newspaper columnist in southern California for five years before moving to the Chicago area in 1993. In 1991 she published "Second Thoughts", a collection of fifty of her columns. Since moving to Chicago Ms. Stevenson has freelanced for the Chicago Tribune, writing essays and feature articles. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Redbook, American Baby, L. A. Parent, American Way, The Writer, American Book Review and many other publications. In 1997 Ms. Stevenson attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Middlebury, Vermont, studying with National Book Award winner Andrea Barrett. In 1998 her short story "Click" won first place in the Pioneer Press North Shore fiction contest, and two years later her story "First Snow" was awarded second place in the same contest. She has taught classes in writing at Ragdale (a retreat for writers and artists in Lake Forest), and at local community centers.