{"id":139,"date":"2019-05-03T19:55:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T19:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katekastelein.com\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2023-02-02T23:25:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T23:25:20","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/katekastelein.com\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome! Kate Kastelein lives in an old, lightly haunted house on the coast of Maine with her husband and two children. She writes a little bit of everything: non-fiction, speculative and dark fiction, as well as\u00a0the occasional children&#8217;s book. Please check the <a href=\"http:\/\/katekastelein.com\/?page_id=71\">publication page<\/a> to read and purchase Kate&#8217;s work. She has an MFA in creative writing from\u00a0The University of Southern Maine\u00a0Stonecoast Writers Program.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katekastelein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kastelein-Headshot_2023.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2533\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/katekastelein.com\/?attachment_id=2533\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katekastelein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kastelein-Headshot_2023.jpg?fit=1152%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1152,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 2000D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1675002575&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;36&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kastelein-Headshot_2023\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katekastelein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kastelein-Headshot_2023.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katekastelein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kastelein-Headshot_2023.jpg?fit=740%2C494&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katekastelein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kastelein-Headshot_2023-1024x683.jpg?resize=740%2C494&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2533\" width=\"740\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katekastelein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kastelein-Headshot_2023.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katekastelein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kastelein-Headshot_2023.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katekastelein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kastelein-Headshot_2023.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katekastelein.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kastelein-Headshot_2023.jpg?w=1152&amp;ssl=1 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Copyright Margaret Kastelein 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome! 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