Kate Martin Rowe was born in Omaha, Nebraska, reared in Texas and New Mexico, and came of age at the base of the San Gabriel mountains in Los Angeles. Her nonfiction and poetry have appeared in Electric Literature, MUTHA, Hypertext Review, Fourth Genre, Michigan Quarterly Review, Brevity, VOLT, Beloit Poetry Journal, Zyzzyva and elsewhere. Two of her essays have been finalists for Writing Fellowships at A Public Space, and her poetry manuscript, Avowed, was a semifinalist for the Pamet River Prize at YesYes Books in 2024. She teaches writing at Glendale Community College and lives in northeast Los Angeles with her family.