​KATHERINE HUTCHINSON-HAYES

Author, speaker, and editor–Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed.D., is a freelance writer/content editor. She works for Iron Stream Media as a book coach, editor, and sensitivity reader for Sensitivity Between the Lines. She’s a review board member and contributor to Inkspirations (an online magazine for Christian writers), and her writing has been published in Guideposts. Her work in art/writing is distinguished by awards, including the New York Mayor’s Contribution to the Arts, Outstanding Resident Artist of Arizona, and the Foundations Awards at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writer’s Conference (2016, 2019, 2021, 2022). She was a finalist in the Genesis Contest ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers/Romantic Suspense 2022). She was a finalist for the Claymore Award 2022 (Thriller Division) for the best-unpublished manuscript. She is a member of Word Weavers International and serves as an online chapter president and mentor.

​She belongs to FWA (Florida Writers Association), ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers), CWoC (Crime Writers of Color), AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association), and AASA (American Association of School Administrators). She serves on the board of 540 Writers Community and Submersion 14 and is an art instructor and virtual exhibition specialist for the nonprofit organization Light for the Future. Katherine is the host of the podcast Murder, Mystery & Mayhem Laced with Morality. She has authored a Christian Bible study for women and is currently working on the sequel and prequel to her first general market thriller novel, “A Fifth of the Story.” Her publisher is Endgame Press, and she’s represented by Embolden Media, where Dr. Quaintrilla Ard reps her. She lives in Florida with three of her four daughters, her grandson, her husband, and two fur babies.