Kat O'Connor is a Midwest native, but born with an Irish passion that was a bit too big for a small town. After studying in the New York metro area and, briefly, in London, she settled in Chicago more or less by accident. There she pursues a career in multi-disciplinary arts.She has shown her fine art portrait photography in galleries around Chicago and New Jersey. A collaborative performer who is equal to the challenge of co-creating a story, she has been featured in a number of independent films, including the award-winning short film Hatboxes, the short film Out of Sight, and Sleep Study, a web series pilot. She is a company member of Terra Mysterium Performance Collective, and has performed with them both musically and theatrically at the Chicago Fringe Festival, The Athenaeum Theatre, a music single and accompanying video, and multiple festivals and conventions. In her spare time she practices aerial circus arts and reads tarot. Kat is a natural storyteller, with words or, just as often, without. Her personal mission is to tell the story, and thus change the world, one heart at a time.She lives next to a cemetery with her partner and her cats, a black cat named Púca and a calico named Sidhe, named after Irish fae. Descent Macabre is her first book.Descent Macabre interview: http://youtu.be/amTBMTZnMzs