Katie writes the column WINGBEATS for BWD Magazine and is the author of the nonfiction books Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird and Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird, which was a Finalist for the Reed Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment. Katie is also the co-author of two books for children, Look, See the Bird! and Look, See the Farm! She has taught writing at Virginia Tech, West Virginia University, West Virginia Wesleyan College, and Chatham University.

Katie is also Executive Director of the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving the region’s wild birds through research, education, and rehabilitation. The ACCA is based near Morgantown, WV, and each year treats more than 600 injured wild birds and provides a permanent home for 20 non-releasable ambassador birds.

If Katie looks familiar, you may have seen her on recent episodes of the Discovery Channel shows Expedition X and Lost Monster Files, where she was featured as a raptor expert. She also ran for a seat in the West Virginia state legislature in 2022, narrowly losing by just 138 votes.

To learn more about Katie and the ACCA, go to katiefallon.com and accawv.org.