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Katie Gutierrez Painter believes that a well-told story can transcend what a reader “knows” to be real about the world—and thus change the world for that reader. The mundane can become bizarre, established truths nothing more than myth, and the mysterious suddenly very familiar. In every form, story is transformative, and Katie is proud to spend her days immersed in it as a writer and editor for RTC.

With a BA in English and philosophy from Southwestern University, Katie launched her own company, Legacy Editorial Consulting, in 2007. Her relationship with Writers of the Round Table began the same year when she proofread Robert Renteria’s From the Barrio to the Board Room. Since then, between Legacy and RTC, Katie has edited more than 30 fiction and non-fiction books by emerging and established writers; quite simply, she finds joy in helping people tell their stories. She also works with corporate clients, applying her creative eye to writing and editing website copy, blogs, articles, newsletters, press releases, and other marketing materials. Thanks to these clients, she is constantly learning about different industries; she has been known to toss the acronym “RFID” into casual conversation, just because she can!

Katie is a 2011 MFA fiction candidate at Texas State University. She counts herself blessed to have learned under such writers as Tim O’Brien, Tom Grimes, Debra Monroe, Nelly Rosario, and ZZ Packer, among others. She has co-written two books with RTC: Duckey and the Ocean Protectors, with John Sexton, and Failure Party, with Corey Blake and Annie Hart. In addition, she has contributed to or been profiled in People, Hispanic Executive magazine, Entrepreneur magazine, Community Impact Newspaper, Narrative magazine, and more.

She can’t believe she’s lucky enough to do what she loves every day.