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Kat Ward

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in Norwalk, Connecticut, The United States

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I am a native Connecticuter, but have lived in Southern California for over 20 years. It's December as I write this and I'm wearing a heavy sweater, a scarf, and the heat is on. My East Coast relatives would unabashedly laugh in my face.

I arrived on this coast when I was in my late 20s. While I was striving, agonizing, stalled, procrastinating, and trying really, really hard to finish my first manuscript, I was also...

1) taking reservations and seating "people" at the Ivy Restaurant in Beverly Hills, trying not to drool or get the vapors when David Bowie came in for Sunday brunch with Iman.
2) heading to Africa to travel with a broken-hearted friend. We returned with a container of Zimbabwean Shona sculpture and proceeded to put on exhibits ...more

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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal

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"Words are tricky. My mother had tried to teach me this. Once when I was persteringly insistent with my questions, she said, 'Everyone breathes in air, but it’s a wise person who knows when to use that air to speak and when to exhale in silence.' " Que ...more
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