Kate Walter is a master teacher and award-winning writer who specializes in essays, memoir and creative nonfiction.

Kate Walter is the author of two memoirs: Behind the Mask: Living Alone in the Epicenter (2021) and Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing (2015).

Kate has over 40 years of diverse writing and editing experience. This includes personal essays, opinion pieces, profiles, arts reviews, articles for consumer and trade magazines, newsletters, and curriculum development.

She writes about relationships, aging, politics, spirituality, queer culture, neighborhood issues, and life in an artists’ housing project in downtown Manhattan.

Kate Walter has an MA in Media Studies from The New School. She taught writing at NYU and CUNY for three decades and now works as a writing coach.

Want to learn more about classes and coaching? Contact Kate by email, or call 212-627-4241.