Kathie Giorgio lives in Waukesha, Wisconsin, with her husband, mystery writer Michael Giorgio, their daughter, Olivia, and an even number of beagles and cats. Kathie's three older children live close by. She is the director and founder of All Writers' Workplace & Workshop, an international creative writing studio that offers online and onsite support, encouragement, and education for writers of every genre and ability. She holds her BA in creative writing from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and her MFA in Fiction from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.Kathie's first novel, "The Home For Wayward Clocks," was released in 2011 by the Main Street Rag Publishing Company. It received the Outstanding Achievement Award by the Wisconsin Library Association, and was nominated for the Patterson Fiction Prize. The e-book edition was released on 8/1/13. Her second book, the short story collection, "Enlarged Hearts," was released in 2012. On September 17, 2013, the sequel to "The Home For Wayward Clocks," wil be released and debuted on September 20 at the Southeasst Wisconsin Festival of Books, where Kathie is keynoting. That book is titled "Learning To Tell (A Life)Time". Kathie's short stories and poems have appeared in over 100 literary magazines.