Catherine Fitzpatrick

A career in metro daily journalism took Catherine from newsrooms in Hannibal and St. Louis to Milwaukee. On Sept. 11, 2001, while in Manhattan to cover Fashion Week runway shows, Catherine raced downtown and filed eye-witness dispatches about the terrorist attacks. A brief account of her ordeal is described in the book RUNNING TOWARD DANGER (Rowman and Littlefield, 2002). An edition of the newspaper containing one of her dispatches is among those displayed in the 9/11 wing of The Newseum in Washington D.C. Catherine's personal account has been accessioned into the Women in Journalism Collection of the Missouri State Historical Society. A while back, Catherine made the transition to freelance writer and novelist. Her articles and essays have been published in magazines, literary reviews, and five anthologies. Her essay, "Sounds and Fury," about 9/11, appeared in the online literary review www.halfwaydownthestairs.net. Catherine's debut novel was published in 2010. "A Matter of Happenstance," is a four-generation family saga set in St. Louis, MO. Print and digital editions are available on Amazon.com or at www.amatterofhappenstance.com. Catherine's follow-up novel, "Going on Nine," published Mah 20, 2014 by Familius in print, eBook and audio book formats. A board member of the Chicago-based TallGrass Writers Guild, Catherine and her husband, Dennis, live in Bonita Springs, FL.