Kay Blake

Kay is an award winning author and former emergency healthcare worker turned trauma informed storyteller, advocate, and educator. She spent years on the front lines, working on ambulances, in hospitals, firehouses, and emergency management, responding to real crises while navigating her own. Her personal journey, marked by foster care, trauma, resilience, and survival, fuels her writing with fierce honesty, compassion, and dark humor.

Kay holds a master’s degree in Emergency Management and is passionate about helping others break cycles of trauma through empathy, education, and empowerment. She now lives in a quiet corner of the world with her beloved dog, Augustus, building a life rooted in peace, healing, and hope for the future.

The Literary Titan Gold Award winning memoir, The First Call Was Mine is her debut memoir.