About Kate Perry

By day, I write.

About all sorts of things, like cupcakes and women who kick ass. I write about love because love is the most important thing in the world.

And I paint—watercolors—because painting exercises a different sort of creativity. It helps my writing. Or that’s how I justify it.

I also cook. I’ll make broth, letting it simmer for an entire day, just because I get the urge to make French Onion soup. My friends think I should write about food since I take such pleasure in the experience, but I like to think that I incorporate some of that in my novels.

Sometimes I just sit on the couch and read while my beloved holds my hand. I read everything: romance, thrillers, and mysteries. Young adult. Narrative non-fiction, especially about food.

But by night, I’m Super Kate.

You’ll find me roaming the streets. Sometimes I’m hiding in a dark corner, listening to music. Sometimes I’m right in the thick of things, dancing till the early hours of the morning.

I fight. I study Kung Fu San Soo with a man who’s a combination of Yoda and Mr. Miyagi but African-American. I’m a master, which is eight levels above a black belt. Basically it means I kick ass.

I tango, in shoes adorned with red roses.