Kat Helgeson

KAT HELGESON is a Chicago-based author of novels for young adults. She is a 1980's cake walk champion and claims a career total of 2 points scored during regulation basketball, and she's undefeated at Star Wars Trivial Pursuit. Having retired from the circus at age fourteen, she now lives with her husband, her dogs, and a healthy preoccupation with fictional characters. Kat's titles have received the Junior Library Guild Award, the Bank Street College of Education Best Books of the Year Distinction, and been featured on the Illinois Reads selection list. Her work has been translated into Dutch and German.