Kris Faatz

Kris Faatz (rhymes with skates) is a musician and award-winning writer. Her fiction has appeared in many journals and has received honors from the Santa Fe Writers Project, Disquiet International, and Tiferet Journal, among others. Her first novel, TO LOVE A STRANGER (Blue Moon Publishers, 2017), links her passions for music and storytelling, and was a finalist for the 2016 Schaffner Press Music in Literature Award. Her second novel, FOURTEEN STONES, marks the start of her immersion in fantasy and magic.

Kris lives in Baltimore with her husband and feline contingent. She and her husband are enthusiastic hikers who love to explore all green spaces. When not escaping into the world of story, Kris teaches creative writing and is a performing pianist.