Background

Harris, Kathleen Mckinley was born on October 19, 1940 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Daughter of Howard Douglas and Eloise May (Haight) McKinley.

Education

Bachelor in English, Middlebury College, 1962. Master of Arts in English, Case We. Reserve University, 1964.

Career

Teacher kindergarten, Pierpont (Ohio) Elementary School, 1962-1963; teacher English, history, Peoples Academy, Morrisville, Vermont, 1964-1967; teacher English, Lamoille Union H.S., Hyde Park, Vermont, 1967-1968; teaching assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1969-1970; feature writer, South County News and Suburban List, Shelburne, Vermont, 1981; co-public, co-editor, Champlain Courier, Ltd., Vergennes, Vermont, 1985-1988; speaker Resource Assemblies of God Theological Seminary Program, Vermont Department Libraries, since 1988. Clerk Village Bookstore, Shelburne, 1989-1994.

Achievements

• Certified secondary school teacher, Vermont.

Works

• book

  • The Wonderful Hay Tumble

    (A Vermont farmer finishes his chores quickly with the hel...)

  • The Wonderful Hay Tumble

    (A Vermont farmer finishes his chores quickly with the hel...)

  • The Wonderful Hay Tumble by Kathleen McKinley Harris (1988-05-03)

Membership

Member Society Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, League Vermont Writers (secretary 1990-1992, board directors), Vermont History Society, Charlotte History Society, Rokeby Museum.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, skiing, hiking, horsemanship, acting.

Connections

Married Everett Wayne Harris, August 14, 1969. Children: Susannah McKinley, Elizabeth Eloise.

Father:

Howard Douglas McKinley

Mother:

Eloise May (Haight) McKinley

Spouse:

Everett Wayne Harris

child:

Elizabeth Eloise Harris

child:

Susannah McKinley Harris