Katharine Haake is the author of five works of fiction, including the eco-fabulist novel, The Time of Quarantine, and a hybrid lyric, That Water, Those Rocks. Her writing has long appeared in such magazines as One Story, Crazyhorse, The Iowa Review, Shenandoah, New Letters, and Witness, and has been recognized as distinguished by Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays, among others. A collaborative piece she did with artist Lisa Bloomfield is in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles Museum of Art. Haake is a recipient of an Individual Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Affairs Department of the City of Los Angeles and a Professor of Creative Writing at California State University, Northridge.