Katherine is a researcher, writer, and musician, who is passionate about art, music, and the creative process.  Her projects may be divided into two areas: those that relate to the analytical study of paintings and those that relate to sound and music. Over the years she has collaborated with pioneers in both the sciences and the arts as a way to understand the artistic process at a much deeper level. She has also hosted a popular series at an award-winning literary magazine and published articles in a variety of journals, technical magazines, and books. She is a long-time advocate for human rights, animal and environmental welfare and the protection and preservation of cultural heritage.

Dinner with Dante – completed in 2023 – was inspired in part by the writer’s own conversations with the monument of Dante and by the stories she’d heard about life in Florence during the early post World War II years. It is her hope that the making of the film will change someone’s life for the better; perhaps by making them feel less isolated or by letting them know that comfort can sometimes arrive in the least expected places.

The screenplay marks her debut on the film festival circuit.