Kate Walter

Kate Walter is the author of two memoirs: Behind the Mask: Living Alone in the Epicenter;

and Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing. .

Her essays and opinion pieces have appeared in The New York Times, Newsday,

New York Daily News, AM-NY, Next Avenue, The Advocate, and many other outlets.

She taught writing at CUNY and NYU for three decades. Walter has documented her life in

downtown Manhattan since 1975. She has been dubbed "that world's Samuel Pepys"

Kate Walter views writing creative nonfiction as a way of understanding her life,

healing personal pain, and making changes in society.