Kate Christensen

Halloween 2012: What’s scary?

This Halloween, six top writers reminisce about the things that used to scare them — and what scares them now

Peter Trachtenberg, Kate Christensen, Jennifer Gilmore, Julie Klam, Meg Wolitzer and Jonathan Lethem Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 10:11 PM UTC
Life Meg Wolitzer

The Halloween-loving novelist, now 50, suddenly finds mortal crises in the holiday's every image

Kate Christensen Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 9:00 PM UTC
Life essays, costumes, Williamsburg

"In The Drink"

Kate Christensen Thursday, Oct 5, 2000 7:00 AM UTC
All Salon

In praise of the cranky, misanthropic, uncompromising nobodies of literature -- may they screw up forever.

Kate Christensen Thursday, Jul 6, 2000 7:23 PM UTC
Entertainment Books

Kate Christensen is the author of six novels, including "The Great Man," which won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner award, and, most recently, "The Astral." She blogs about food at katechristensen.wordpress.com. She lives in Portland, Maine.