Cathie Pelletier

Cathie Pelletier was born and raised on the banks of the St. John River, at the end of the road in Northern Maine. She is the author of twelve novels, including The Funeral Makers (a New York Times Notable Book), The Weight of Winter (winner of the New England Book Award), and Running the Bulls (winner of the Paterson Prize for fiction). As K. C. McKinnon, she has written two novels, both of which became television films. With theoretical physicist S. James Gates Jr, she coauthored Proving Einstein Right, winner of the Brown University Book Award. After years of living in Nashville, Tennessee, Toronto, Canada, and Eastman, Quebec, she has returned to Allagash, Maine, and the family homestead where she was born.