"North Country author Kathy L. Baumgarten was born in Niagara Falls, travelling to the Persian Gulf, sunny Hawaii and Europe. Along the way, she's had off-beat experiences and met many colorful characters, which she draws upon for her tales and essays. Sometimes sentimental, often humorous and always perceptive, her essays, which appear in her Lake Champlain Weekly column Jabberwocky, address the essential joys, sorrows, and conflicts at the heart of the human condition.
Whether the subject is her military service in Kuwait, a visit to the London Zoo with a nursing toddler, assisting locals in the clean up of post-Hurricane-Katrina Mississippi, or observations on the quiet beauty of Adirondack snowflakes, her unique storytelling voice makes her a "must-read."
She currently lives and writes in Plattsburgh, New York."
Caroline Kehne, editor The Lake Champlain Weekly
