Katherine Howe
Born: 01-01-1977
Katherine Howe is an acclaimed American author known for her historical fiction and nonfiction works. With a background in art history and philosophy from Columbia University, she has a keen interest in early American history and witchcraft. Her debut novel, "The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane," became a bestseller. Howe has also taught at Cornell University, where she imparts her extensive knowledge of history and storytelling to students.
Book summaries for books written by Katherine Howe
Quotes
The past never leaves us, and every time you think it does, it's only rising up again, louder and angrier than before.
The thing about books was, they let you travel without moving your feet.
It's the secrets that make the world go round. If we all knew each other's secrets, we'd never be able to look each other in the eye.
History is nothing if not a series of choices, each one made in the face of great uncertainty.
Magic is just a way of talking to the universe, asking it to do something.
The scariest thing isn't the spells we cast, but the choices we make every day.
The only way to fight fear is to face it head-on.
Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is knowing where you belong.
The world is full of stories, and none of them are harmless.
There's a power in words, especially the ones that go unspoken.
The truth is always more complicated than we want it to be.
Sometimes the things we want are the things that can hurt us the most.