Katy Hays
Katy Hays is a bestselling American author whose debut novel, The Cloisters, became a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, as well as a Read With Jenna pick.
Beyond fiction writing, she works as an adjunct Art History Professor, teaching students across rural California from Truckee to Tecopa.
She holds an MA in Art History from Williams College and pursued doctoral studies at UC Berkeley.
Her academic work has been published by Ashgate, an imprint of Routledge, demonstrating her dual commitment to both creative storytelling and scholarly research.
