Katie Eber holds a B.A. in English Literature from Roanoke College (Class of ‘11) and is a 2014 graduate from the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at Fairfield University.

At Roanoke, Katie’s poetry earned her the 2011 Charles C. Wise Poetry Prize.  She was the recipient of the Trueben Award at Fairfield University. In 2018, she was selected as the Second Poet Laureate of Wallingford, Connecticut.

As an education programs developer, Katie has been a part of teams at Connecticut Public, Thinkalong.org, PBS, and YWCA Hartford Region. Through partnerships she has worked with Hartford Public Schools, Connecticut Library Consortium, National Association of Media Literacy Educators, Center for Media Literacy, and many other schools, universities, museums, and education organizations in Connecticut and around the world.

Katie enjoys good beer, good sandwiches, and advocating for widespread use of business hammocks. She resides in the Connecticut River Valley.