Kate Gale

2025 Advocate

BIO: Dr. Kate Gale is the Publisher, Co-Founder, and Managing Editor of Red Hen Press and the Editor of the Los Angeles Review. She is the author of seven books of poetry, including THE LONLIEST GIRL, THE GOLDILOCKS ZONE, and ECHO LIGHT. Her debut novel, UNDER A NEON SUN, debuted in April 2024. Her memoir, SWIMMING THE MILKY WAY, is forthcoming with Zando. Kate has also written six librettos, including Rio de Sangre, a libretto for an opera with composer Don Davis, which had its world premiere in October 2010 at the Florentine Opera in Milwaukee, WI. She speaks on independent publishing around the U.S. at schools like USC, Columbia, and Oxford University.