Kate Cochrane

“It’s a privilege to be able to write the kinds of books I want to read—books about queer athletes falling in love with each other, with non-athletes, during the Olympics, at the holidays, and in every kind of setting I can dream up,” author Kate Cochrane says. The author of three novels, Yours for the Season, Wake Up, Nat & Darcy, and the upcoming Pulling the Goalie, started writing when her youngest child was born. As a stay-at-home mom, she wanted something that was just hers, so she started writing a little every day. Her first book wasn’t published until her youngest was 13, and she “had plenty of time to get rejected by agents and then later, once I had an agent, by publishers.” But she kept writing. “I’ve heard people say that an author is just a writer who didn’t give up, and I don’t know if that is true for everyone, but it’s certainly true for me.” The author only plans to write books about queer women. “I have spent so much of my life consuming stories in many different forms about straight people, and I am happy to be able to read and watch so much now that is about people like me.” The most rewarding part of her work? The people who connect with her writing. She says, “I feel so lucky that I get to be a small part of these people’s lives by sharing stories I loved writing.” –SS