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Kat Helgeson

Photograph by Nicole Kehoe

About The Author

Kat Helgeson is a Chicago-based author of novels for young adults. She is a 1980s cake walk champion, claims a career total of two points scored during regulation basketball, and she’s undefeated at Star Wars Trivial Pursuit. Having retired from the circus at age fourteen, she now works in marketing by day and writes by night. Kat lives with her husband, her dogs, and a healthy preoccupation with fictional characters. She is the coauthor of Gena/Finn with Hannah Moskowitz and the author of Say No to the Bro.

Books by Kat Helgeson