This interview, our first recorded Zoom session, is with award-winning novelist and longtime MWSA member Kathleen M. Rodgers. Named MWSA’s 2024 Writer of the Year, Kathleen draws on her life as a military spouse to tell powerful, heartfelt stories about family, friendship, and resilience. She’s the author of five novels, including The Flying Cutterbucks and Johnnie Come Lately, and her next book, The Llano County Mermaid Club, will be out in 2025. Kathleen’s also been a big supporter of the MWSA community, always encouraging and lifting up fellow writers.