Cathy Kern

Born in the US, and now living in New Zealand, Cathy Kern is the author of My View of the Bright Moon, a novel praised by 4x Pushcart prize nominee as fully accomplished fiction that reads beautifully.

Cathy has been writing since she was a child in northern Illinois, creating stories under her pillow with the help of a flashlight (aka torch) instead of sleeping. During those nights, the sounds of trucks on a distant highway, stoked a wanderlust that led to a year of solo ’round the world travel and ultimately a new home in ‘tomorrow’ over 4k miles from her family.

Finishing her award-winning first career in copywriting to follow a lifelong passion of working in child abuse prevention, she held roles in New Zealand’s health and well-being sector, including mental health, and is currently actively involved in climate/health/and resilience efforts.

Growing up in an animal crazy family and passionate about animals herself, Cathy has volunteered in animal shelters and sanctuaries, protested in aid of wild horses, served as a national spokesperson raising awareness of the link between family violence and animal abuse, and trained in equine assisted therapy - simply to understand it better.

When not writing, reading, or indulging her (persistent!) wanderlust, Cathy’s favorite place to be is in, on, or under the sea.

While quite fond of most living beings, her she especially love her husband and their rescued Siberian Forest cat, Dame Pistachio.