Katherine Dunn

Katherine Dunn was an American novelist, journalist, voice artist, radio personality, book reviewer, and poet.
* She was born in Garden City, Kansas, on October 24, 1945.
* She studied philosophy and psychology at the University of Oregon, but dropped out without graduating.
* She traveled to Europe in the early 1970s, where she wrote her first two books.
* She returned to the United States in 1977 and began a career as a journalist.
* Her novel Geek Love (1989) was a critical and commercial success.
* She was also a prolific writer on boxing.
* She died on May 11, 2016, in Portland, Oregon.
* She is best known for her novel Geek Love, which was adapted into a film in 1998.