Kate Schatz

www.kateschatz.com www.radamericanwomen.com I am Kate Schatz (pronounced ‘Shots’). I'm a queer feminist writer, educator, public speaker, and activist. I am the co-author, along with W. Kamau Bell, of Do the Work: An Antiracist Activity Book, as well as the author the New York Times bestselling "Rad Women" book series, which includes Rad American Women A-Z (City Lights Books), Rad Women Worldwide, Rad Girls Can, Rad American History A-Z, and the illustrated journal My Rad Life: A Journal (Ten Speed Press). I learned to read in a clawfoot bathtub filled with pillows in a bookstore called Hicklebee's; after that, I often got in trouble for reading at the dinner table (and now my daughter does the EXACT same thing). I wrote my first book when I was in 2nd grade: it was called Little Sisters, and it was basically Ramona Quimby fan fiction. I still have it! I organized my first protest in 6th grade when I became a vegetarian and convinced my friends to stop eating Burger King because they were clear-cutting rainforests to graze cattle. I've been reading, writing, and standing up for justice ever since. I still love Ramona Quimby, and I still don't eat meat. My book of fiction, Rid of Me: A Story, was published in 2006 as part of the acclaimed 33 1/3 series. Stories, essays, and articles have been published in LENNY, Buzzfeed, Signature, Oxford American, Denver Quarterly, Joyland, East Bay Express, and the San Francisco Chronicle, among others. My short story "Folsom, Survivor" was a 2010 Notable Short Story in Best American Short Stories 2011. I wrote the introduction to "Kamala", a collection of feminist fairytales from Feminist Press, and I contributed an essay on whiteness, race, and post-election reckoning in the anthology "Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times." I've appeared on msnbc; numerous NPR affiliates; lots of great podcasts; and at 100s of schools, universities, libraries, non-profit organizations, and fancy tech companies all over the country to talk about my books and how we can empower ALL young people to be "rad", and to work to make the world a better place. I live in the Bay Area with my family. I am represented by the fabulous agent Charlotte Sheedy.