Welcome to the website of fiction writer, Kate Kasten.

Kasten's new novel, TEN SMALL BEDS, can be purchased from  amazon.com as a trade paperback or as a download to Kindle. It can also be purchased at Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque Street, Iowa City, Iowa and is available at the University of Iowa Main Library, and the Iowa City Public Library .

Kasten's earlier novel, THE DE-CONVERSION OF KIT LAMB can be purchased from amazon.com as a trade paperback or as a download to Kindle. It can also be purchased at Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque Street, Iowa City, Iowa and is available at the Iowa City Public Library, the University of Iowa Main Library, and the Grinnell College Library.

Her SHORT STORIES have appeared in Glimmer Train, Northwest Review, American Literary Review, The Madison Review, and the fiction anthologies Side Show and Paraspheres.

With playwright Sandra de Helen Kasten co-wrote THE CLUE IN THE OLD BIRDBATH a musical theatre spoof of the Nancy Drew mystery series. The play enjoyed long runs at Chicago's Stage Left theatre and Body Politic theatre, and has been produced around the country, notably at Portland Women's Theatre, and At the Foot of the Mountain theatre in Minneapolis.  

Kasten's unpublished works include a short story collection, The Teaching Test; and Blunderbuss, a book of fairy tales for adults. She has two other novels in progress: Intensive English and Better Days.

UPCOMING READING! Kate will read from her new novel Ten Small Beds on March 1st, 2012, at 7 pm at Prairie Lights Books, 14 S. Dubuque, Iowa City IA.

To contact the author:

kekasten@gmail.com