Kristin Bair O'Keeffe's debut novel Thirsty (Swallow Press, Oct 2009) tells the story of one woman’s unusual journey through an abusive marriage, set against the backdrop of a Pittsburgh steel community at the turn of the twentieth century. Her work 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 from Columbia College Chicago and has been teaching writing for almost fifteen years.

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