âDear DeeDeeâ will make you laugh, nod your head in agreement, sigh, shake your head in disbelief and, when youâre finished reading, smile despite the tears in your eyes.
Kat Meads may live in California, where sheâs been for many years, but sheâs undeniably a North Carolina writer, and a fine one at that. A graduate of UNC Chapel Hill with an MFA from UNC Greensboro, sheâs written 20 books and chapbooks of prose and poetry, fiction and nonfiction, and even plays. Sheâs won a slew of awards, grants and fellowships.
And despite all her years of living on the West Coast, Meadsâ heart is obviously still firmly rooted in North Carolina, specifically in Currituck County, where she grew up in the 1950s and 1960s. She loves her family, her heritage, her brother and the land itself.