Katherine Sartori writes on a variety of topics including travel, creativity, and writing to publish. She is currently working on a collection of short stories. One is published in A Cup of Comfort Book for Single Mothers, April 2008. Her novel, The Chosen Shell, and another novel-in-progress are both considered women's fiction. Additionally, her articles have appeared in Planet Vermont Quarterly, Family Motor Coaching Magazine, and The Writers News.

Katherine travels extensively. She has trekked through South America, China, France, Germany, Sweden, Greece, Australia, New Zealand, the British Isles, Thailand, Eastern Europe and Russia, among other destinations.

Her first novel, The Chosen Shell, follows Celie, a fragile young Irish-American woman, from girlhood to a career as a Dominican nun. Against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s and a fragmented Catholic Church, Celie must face the truth about her family and herself, and choose between a secular path or devotion to the Church. The Chosen Shell was inspired by the life stories of several nuns.

Katherine has an extensive writing background. During her years working in the aerospace and electrical industries, she wrote numerous trade articles, corporate reports, and technical documentation. In addition, she created a unique curriculum and taught Business Writing for several years at California State University in Fullerton, California.

Deeply committed to opening young minds to the richness of creativity, Katherine has taught all types of writing to children, teens and adults. She is a member and founder of several writers' critique groups in California and has studied writing with local, published novelists and at UCLA and UCI.

Katherine is a member and past Vice President of Programs for the Mission Viejo-Saddleback Valley branch of the American Association of University Women. As Chairman of Scholarships for the AAUW, a position she held for several years, Katherine led fundraising efforts for local college women.

After graduating Magna Cum Laud from California State University, Los Angeles, with a Bachelor of Arts in English, Katherine earned her Master of Arts in Communication at Fairfield University in Connecticut.