Katherine Fast is an award-winning author of over 25 short and flash fiction stories. She was a former contributing editor and compositor for six anthologies of New England crime stories. Her debut novel, The Drinking Gourd, was published by Level Best Books in the spring of 2022 and Church Street Under, the second book in the series in June, 2023. The third book, Caboose in March, 2025.

In her prior corporate career, she managed marketing model and consumer product research contracts for M.I.T. spin-off consulting companies. She also served as a manager and instructor for an international training firm giving seminars to government agencies and large corporations nationally and abroad.

She has worked as a certified professional graphologist (handwriting analyst). Her hobbies include watercolor and crafts.

Educational credits include a BA from Oberlin College and MA from Cambridge College.

She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, three cats and a dog.