Katharine Weber is a widely published novelist and autobiographer. Before her appointment to the Richard L. Thomas Visiting Chair position at Kenyon College Katharine was an Adjunct Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Columbia University's School of the Arts (2006-2012), Kratz Writer in Residence at Goucher College (2006), a lecturer in fiction writing at Yale (1996-2003), and a visiting lecturer in fiction writing at Connecticut College. She is the author of five novels and a memoir, and is currently writing a novel about a monkey helper.

Katharine has served on the board of the National Book Critics Circle, and is an Associate Fellow of Calhoun College at Yale University. She was named one of Granta Magazine's "50 Best Young American Novelists" in 1996. In addition to numerous stories and essays published in anthologies, her short fiction has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, Story, Boulevard Magenta, and Southwest Review. Her reviews, essays, and journalism have appeared in publications including The New York Times Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The Chicago Tribune, The New Yorker, The Boston Globe, The London Review of Books, Washington Post Bookworld, Salon.com, The New York Times, and Architectural Digest.

As trustee of the musical legacy of her maternal grandmother Kay Swift, Katharine is also involved in numerous musical projects, including the revival of the hit 1930 Broadway musical "Fine and Dandy."

Areas of Expertise

Creative Writing

Education

From 1973-76 Katharine attended the New School for Social Research in New York City, NY and from 1982-1985 Katharine attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Selected Publications

The Memory of All That: George Gershwin, Kay Swift, and My Family's Legacy of Infidelities. Crown, 2011; Broadway, 2012.

True Confections. Shaye Areheart Books, 2010. Broadway Books, 2011 (Finalist, Connecticut Book Award.)

Triangle. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006. Picador, 2007. (Winner, Connecticut Book Award; Finalist, Paterson Fiction Prize; Finalist, John Gardner Fiction Book Award; Long list, Dublin/Impac Literary Award.)

The Little Women. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003. Picador 2004. (New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year; Library Journal Best Book of the Year; Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year; Finalist, Paterson Fiction Prize; Finalist, Connecticut Book Award.)

The Music Lesson. Crown Publishers, Inc., 1999. Picador, 2000. Broadway Books, 2011. (New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year; Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year; Library Journal Best Book of the Year.)

Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear. Crown Publishers, Inc, 1995. Picador, 1996. Broadway Books, 2011. (New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year; Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year; Library Journal Best Book of the Year; Long list, Dublin/Impac Literary Award.)

Courses Taught

ENGL 202: Introduction to Creative Non-Fiction

ENGL 300: Advanced Fiction Writing