Kat Karpenko has had a varied writing career as a journalist, technical writer, and author of short stories as well as her first historical novel ’Emma’s Ghost.’ Of Ukrainian descent, she was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada but spent most of her life in Nova Scotia where she was employed in various administrative capacities at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Now retired, she shares her time between Canada and Mexico and devotes her energy to creative writing bringing to life researched historical events.