Kathya Alexander
Kathya Alexander is an author, playwright, storyteller, and teaching artist. Growing up in the South during the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement greatly impacted her life and continues to influence her writing. She was a Writer-in-Residence at Hedgebrook and won the Fringe First Award for Black to My Roots: African American Tales from the Head and the Heart in Edinburgh, Scotland. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and is the author of a collection of short stories, Angel in the Outhouse. Her debut novel, KEEP A’LIVIN’, was released in 2024 by Aunt Lute Books.
Artist Support Program 2025: Produce the audiobook of Keep A’Livin, the earth-rattling story of a Negro girl, her mother, and their racial mix of ancestors.
Artist Support Program 2018: Record a collection of short stories, set for self publication in 2018, called Angel in the Outhouse.
