Kristin Bair OKeeffe

@kristinbairokeeffe

About

Kristin Bair O'Keeffe's debut novel Thirsty(Swallow Press, Oct 2009) tells the story of one woman’s unusualjourney through an abusive marriage, set against the backdrop of aPittsburgh steel community at the turn of the twentieth century. Herwork has been published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Poets & Writers Magazine, San Diego Family Magazine, The Baltimore Review, The Gettysburg Review,and many other publications. She has an MFA in Creative Writing fromColumbia College Chicago and has been teaching writing for almostfifteen years.

Kristin lives in Shanghai, China, with her husband anddaughter. If you’d like to learn more about Thirsty, visit www.thirstythenovel.com and www.kristinbairokeeffeblog.com.