I'm Katie Fallon, author of the nonfiction book Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird (Ruka Press, 2011). Order from the publisher or Amazon, or ask for a copy at your local bookstore. eBook versions are also available. Visit the Cerulean Blues link to the left for more information. Listen to my interview about the book on West Virginia Public Radio; the program aired Tuesday, November 15.
My essay, "Hill of the Sacred Eagles," was selected as a finalist in Terrain.org's 2011 essay contest! Read the essay in the current issue of the journal here.
Read an excerpt from Chapter Two of Cerulean Blues on The Tusculum Review's website, where I am the featured artist.
Another essay, "An Ear to Stroke," appears in the April/May 2011 issue of The Bark (my favorite dog magazine!) available at Books-A-Million and Barnes & Noble stores. Another short article, "Losing Ground," is in the Summer 2011 issue of the New River Gorge Adventure Guide, available for free at restaurants, rafting shops, and other businesses throughout southern West Virginia. My essays have also appeared in the literary journals Isotope, Fourth Genre, Ecotone, River Teeth, Fourth River, Appalachian Heritage, Now & Then, and elsewhere. Visit the link to the left for more information on my publications.
I teach creative writing at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. I was an Instructor in the English Department at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg,VA, from 2004-2011. For information about my teaching, visit the link to the left.
When I'm not writing, teaching, or chasing birds, I enjoy hiking, canoeing, hanging out with my dogs, practicing yoga, and belly dancing. My favorite photographer is my friend Richard Mallory Allnutt. Richard took this picture of me (above) along the Monongahela River in WVU's Core Arboretum. The tree is a silver maple. If you want to know more about me, visit the link to the left.
