Katherine Higgs-Coulthard at Ferdinand Library

Event Details

The public is invited to a Book Signing Open House from 11-Noon at the Ferdinand Library Community Room. Ms. Higgs-Coulthard will then be speaking to Forest Park Jr. High School students & staff at 1PM. Please contact the Ferdinand Library at 812-367-1671 with any questions.

Katherine Higgs-Coulthard graduated from the University of Nebraska, Omaha with a bachelor’s in education and earned a master’s from Indiana University, South Bend, before completing her doctorate in education through Northeastern University. She has taught kindergarten, third, and fifth grades. Now she trains teachers at Saint Mary’s College and offers writing camps and classes for children and teens through Michiana Writers’ Center. She lives in Michigan and loves spending time with her family. Kat’s young adult novel, Junkyard Dogs, is also set in Indiana and addresses issues of teen poverty and homelessness. It is inspired by her own experiences growing up in poverty and also by South Bend’s 2006 Manhole Murders, which made national news. Junkyard Dogs is honored on the 2024 Indiana Authors Awards Young Adult Shortlist.