ABOUT

Catherine Marshall-Smith realized her calling to be an author after many years teaching 6th grade writing. She published her debut novel, American Family, in 2016, and the novel has sold internationally.  Her writing has been published in Writer's Digest, Women Writers, Women's Books, and GirltalkHQ. She earned her bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley in English literature, a teaching credential from San Jose State University, and a Writing Credential from UCLA, where she was nominated for the James Kirkwood Award for excellence in the writing of fiction.

Catherine is a member of the Women's Club of Marin and The Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) of Novato, California. She lives with her husband in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Resilience of Red Thread is her second novel.