Hi, I’m
Kathy Wagner.

Here, I write about family, grief, hope, addiction, mental health, recovery, and finding joy. The stuff of my life, then and now.

You’ll find personal essays, creative non-fiction, blogs, and even the odd poem. Everything I write is based on my life, but I’ve fictionalized some details to better tell the truth. Some scenes didn’t happen the way I describe. Some scenes didn’t happen at all. But, fact or fiction, they each tell a tiny sliver of my story.

Coming September 2023:
My memoir about recovery and unshakable hope, published by Douglas & McIntyre.
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