Laura Kat Young

Laura Kat Young, author of The Butcher, is a writer and teacher living in Chicago with her family. Her works blend genre and seek to explore a deeper understanding of human behavior. The 2019-2021 Writer-in-Residence at the Ernest Hemingway Foundation, her works have appeared in The Blood Pudding, Shoreline of Infinity, The Lindenwood Review and others. More can be found at www.laurakatyoung.com.

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Books

  • The Collector

    Format:
    Paperback
    Released:
    12 Sep 2023

    Sorrow is inefficient. It’s also inescapable.

    Lieutenant Dev Singh dutifully spends his days recording the memories of people who, …

  • The Butcher

    Format:
    Paperback
    Released:
    13 Sep 2022

    When Lady Mae turns eighteen, she’ll inherit her mother’s job as the Butcher: dismembering Settlement Five’s guilty residents as payment …