About

Katherine Evans was born and raised in Houston, TX.  Her parents introduced her to the comfort and happiness of books by reading to her for hours on end.  After learning to read independently, Evans spent many hours cradled in the branches of her backyard fig tree with a book in her hands, often with several of the family pets dozing in the grass below.  Her parents encouraged her love of reading by providing weekly trips to the local library and filling every possible space in the house with books.  Evans discovered her passion for writing in the fifth grade when her teacher assigned a “write the sequel to your favorite book” assignment.  From that point forward, Evans spent her time reading, writing, riding horses and playing softball.

After graduating from high school, Evans moved to North Carolina to attend Salem College.  She nurtured her love of writing by pursuing a minor in Creative Writing in addition to her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology.  Her senior thesis brought about the completion of her first children’s book, The Day the Yankees Came (unpublished).  After graduating from Salem College in 2004, Evans trekked north to Muskingum University to pursue a Masters of Arts in Teaching with a focus in special education for students with mild to moderate learning disabilities.  During this time, she also became a volunteer EMT-Basic and proudly served on the New Concord Volunteer Fire Department. Evans’ love of medicine soon found its way into her writing projects.

Evans earned her MAT in 2006, married, and began teaching high school English and History to students with a variety of learning disabilities.  She welcomed her daughter, Annabelle, into the world in 2008 and soon found herself reading her favorite childhood stories to her daughter.  Her writing projects shifted to creating stories of talking animals and fairies for Annabelle. 

After her divorce in 2009, Evans moved Annabelle and Molly, the family dog, to Jefferson City, TN to be with family.  She continued teaching, raising her daughter, and writing until 2015, when she left teaching to pursue a career as an ER nurse.  Evans earned her Associates of Applied Science in Nursing in May of 2020 and began working as an ER nurse as COVID hit the United States.  Evans is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Creative Writing through Southern New Hampshire University. 

Her fascination with disease and medicine has found new focus in the creation of her first novel, Sonora’s Story (working title), which tells the story of Sonora Starr and her siblings as they find their places in new surroundings after being orphaned by a pandemic.  Evans has also begun working on a series of non-fiction pieces which helps young people understand a variety of medical conditions and concepts.  After spending years studying why young people can’t or won’t read, Evans decided to ask the question, “Why do we read?”  She is currently developing a podcast, Why I Read, to explore people’s, especially tweens’ and teenagers’ reasons for reading.  When not at work in the ER or writing, Evans keeps herself busy with photography, caring for a menagerie of pets, and spending time with her daughter.