Kathleen Rooney

Kathleen Rooney

Author, O, Democracy!

Kathleen Rooney is the author of six books, including <i>O, Democracy!</i>, a novel inspired by her time working as a staffer for Senator Dick Durbin. She's also the founding editor of Rose Metal Press, and a founding member of Poems While You Wait, a three-person team of poets and their typewriters who compose commissioned poetry on demand. She lives in Chicago. Her website is www.kathleenrooney.com