author : Kate Reed Pettywebsite : http://www.pettykate.com/Kate Reed Petty is a writer from Maryland. Her fiction and short films have appeared in literary journals like Nat. Brut,Ambit, and Narrative, which awarded her a “30 Below” award in 2014. She lives in Baltimore. Her fiction and essays have been published online by Electric Literature, American Short Fiction, and Ambit, and her short films have appeared in Narrative Magazine and at the Maryland Film Festival. She is also the author of the novel "True Story," published by Viking in 2020.