Katherine Standefer

Katherine Standefer writes about the body, consent, and medical technology from Tucson, where she earned an MFA in Creative Nonfiction at the University of Arizona. Winner of the 2015 Iowa Review Award, her work appeared in The Best American Essays (2016). Her creative writing classes help people explore sexuality, illness and trauma. At the Mesa Refuge, Katherine will work on a memoir about her troubled relationship with implanted cardiac defibrillators, including its role in saving her sister’s life. She’ll trace the global supply chain for this device and its impact on ecosystems.