Katie Booth

Katie Booth teaches writing at the University of Pittsburgh. Her work has appeared in The Believer , Aeon , Catapult , and Harper's Magazine , and has been highlighted on Longreads and Longform; "The Sign for This" was a notable essay in the 2016 edition of Best American Essays. Booth received a number of prestigious fellowships to support the research for The Invention of Miracles , including from the Library of Congress and the Massachusetts Historical Society. She was raised bilingually and...See more

Katie Booth teaches writing at the University of Pittsburgh. Her work has appeared in The Believer , Aeon , Catapult , and Harper's Magazine , and has been highlighted on Longreads and Longform; "The Sign for This" was a notable essay in the 2016 edition of Best American Essays. Booth received a number of prestigious fellowships to support the research for The Invention of Miracles , including from the Library of Congress and the Massachusetts Historical Society. She was raised bilingually and biculturally in a mixed hearing/Deaf family. See less