Cathryn Sherman

Katie Sherman is a journalist and an award-winning author who covers fine food and parenting—two things rarely related—in Charlotte, NC. Her story, "Hook Wounds," won The Same's freedom themed short story competition and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Katie's story, "The Fairy House," was short listed for New Letters Fiction Award and Short Story America's Short Story Prize. She has an MFA in fiction as well as an affinity for Southern Gothic literature, cider beer, Chicago, and morning snuggles with her two daughters. Katie has published extensively in literary magazines across the country.

A Piece of Me

NETA had a hard time talking about her childhood without saying thank you. Thank you to her Nana and Papaw who finally took them in. To Lottie and Isabell who pampered her, to Henry who kept her warm. She could even thank her father for leaving. The only person she couldn’t thank was her mother.