Born in Detroit, Kathleen Hall coauthored the award-winning non-fiction, The Otherness Factor, before launching into historical fiction with The Detroit Eight Trilogy — If the Moon Had Willow Trees, Livonia | The Whitest City and One Wingbeat Away.

A writer, poet, lawyer, mediator, and workplace investigator, Kathleen's lifelong activism has been devoted to championing equal rights and promoting the power of diversity. She lives in Austin, Texas with her partner Loren, Emma Dog, herds of deer roaming the streets, red foxes sunbathing in their miniature backyard and armadillos tottering across the driveway.