About Kat Folland

I was born in 1970 and adopted six weeks later by some really excellent people who, for some reason, opted to keep me. I grew up comfortably middle class – you could be comfortable in the middle class in those days – getting a fairly useless degree in History and an even more useless minor in Anthropology. Dabbling in writing all my life, I finally settled down in Sacramento and got around to finishing my first novel in my forties.

I write, I take photos, I do a variety of art in a fairly mediocre way. I love my husband and my three kids (ages 21, 22, and 24) and our two cats Tinkerbob Lionheart and Bobble, who we call Bubble. I used to spend most of my social media time on Twitter, engaged in politics, learning and cute animals. As of this update I’m transitioning over to Mastodon where I aim to follow the same interests, but with more learning and less politics.

Two of my children are queer and trans, and I myself am bi, so LGBTQIA stuff is very important to me. My pronouns are she/her, but I don’t mind they/them.

I’m a breast cancer survivor since 2008, and I’m on SSD because I’m too crazy to have a “real job”. Thus, in theory, giving me more time to write. I also have four chronic pain conditions, which gives me less time to write. 😉

I welcome all questions and comments made in good faith. I love to engage with people, so feel free to reach out to me by email or on social media (links below).

For fun – things you might not know about me…

I can touch my nose with my tongue.
I have one cat named Tinkerbob (usually called Stinker) and one named Bobble (aka Bubble). Everything can be named Bob.
I love animals. My favorite non-domesticated animal is the elephant.
I can’t whistle
I have a passion for photography, but have been pursuing selling books instead of prints. Maybe someday…
Rye bread makes me hiccup
People like to talk to me; they just walk up to me and tell me their life story
I love space! I’m so excited by everything that’s going on these last several years (and those to come)
Previous pets include two bunnies, a succession of cats in their times, a boa constrictor, a savannah monitor lizard, a California desert king, and a corn snake, as well as guinea pigs. No, the piggies didn’t get fed to the reptiles!
I have been to WWII memorials on three different continents and whatever the heck Hawaii is.
I like to roller-skate.
I know crazy, if you need to talk.
I’ve been misquoted in a newspaper
I swear like a sailor, particularly while driving.
I love stormy weather, but am a little afraid of high winds.
I once got a stop sign put up in San Francisco
I am not very afraid of spiders (they’re great photography subjects!) but am pretty squicked out by ants.
I’m not averse to trying to live solely on sushi, if anyone wants to finance the experiment.
I have five tattoos, but most could be hidden behind a quarter
… there’s a lot more about me you probably didn’t know! So check back, perhaps the list will have grown.