Background
Katherine L. Hester was born on December 29, 1964, in Dallas, Texas, United States. She is the daughter of Albert L. and Conoly (Cullum) Hester.
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Sarah Lawrence College
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University of Texas
Katherine L. Hester was born on December 29, 1964, in Dallas, Texas, United States. She is the daughter of Albert L. and Conoly (Cullum) Hester.
Hester attended Sarah Lawrence College from 1983 to 1985. She then graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Journalism degree (cum laude) in 1988 and obtained her master's degree from the University of Texas in 1993.
Hester devoted her career to writing. She has been a Dobie-Paisano and Hambidge Center Fellow and has held residencies also at the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. She currently works as a freelance writer, living in Atlanta, Georgia.
Hester married Mark Carubia in 1995. The couple has two daughters.