About Me

Kat Zhang spent most of her childhood traipsing through a world weaved from her favorite stories and games. When she and her best friend weren’t riding magic horses or talking to trees, they were writing adaptations of plays for their stuffed animals (what would The Wizard of Oz have been like if the Cowardly Lion were replaced by a Loquacious Lamb?). This may or may not explain many of Kat’s quirks today.

By the age of eleven, the stories crowding her mind took up far too much room to remain unwritten. They swarmed out onto notebook after notebook—terrible, scrambling stories pieced together from bits of stolen plots. But she improved, and after several false starts, completed her first novel at the age of 17.

That novel will never see the light of day until she takes a chainsaw to it.

Kat is represented by Emmanuelle Morgen of Judith Ehrlich Literary Management. Her book WHAT'S LEFT OF ME--about a girl with two souls--sold to HarperTeen as the first in the Hybrid Trilogy and will be released in Fall 2012. She also performs as a Spoken Word poet and contributes to Let The Words Flow, a site for aspiring writers to learn about storytelling craft and the publishing process.

When she is not exploring the world of her characters, she is exploring her own. To date, she’s had the pleasure of visiting five countries, including more than half the United States. Recently, Kat has also begun remote interning for a literary agent, specializing in Young Adult fiction.


You may contact Kat at katzhang3 AT gmail DOT com