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. Read a recent review of the book here. Or if you'd rather listen, here's a link to my interview about the book on West Virginia Public Radio. And here's a print interview on the Minnesota Review's blog.
Cerulean Blues was recently named a finalist for the Southern Environmental Law Center's Reed Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment, and my essay "Hill of the Sacred Eagles" was selected as a finalist in Terrain's 2011 essay contest. Read the essay here.
My nonfiction has appeared in a variety of other magazines and literary journals, including The Bark, Fourth Genre, Ecotone, River Teeth, Isotope, Fourth River, Appalachian Heritage, Now & Then, Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, Rivendell, The New River Gorge Adventure Guide, and elsewhere. Visit the link to the left for more information on my publications.
I've taught creative writing at Virginia Tech and West Virginia University. 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.
