Based on autobiographic experiences, Who in This Room is a gripping collection of creative nonfiction that pushes the boundaries of story and memoir. Kate's adventurous life is interrupted by a diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer, giving her a ten percent chance of living five years. But her story isn't just about cancer. It is a true tale of survival that is both lived and dreamt. It's about joy found in lemon trees or fly-fishing. It's about the survival instinct that helps us re-emerge and engage with the world.

In 2005 author Katherine Malmo was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. She underwent twenty-seven weekly chemotherapy treatments, a bilateral mastectomy, and six weeks of radiation with support from family, friends, and the Young Survivor Coalition. Now a five-year survivor, Katherine is the winner of the Bellevue Literary Review's 2009 Goldberg Prize for the chapter "Made of Metal" from Who in This Room.

"Katherine Malmo has written an unflinching, unsentimental, profoundly moving, wickedly funny . . . deeply courageous book detailing one woman's diagnosis, treatment, and recovery from inflammatory breast cancer. . . . [She has] the power to reconnect us to that part of ourselves . . . that gritty, humored, resilient, unspeakably beautiful spark in the center of each of us that knows only how to lock its jaws and hang on."--Pam Houston

"This moving, courageous, honest, and beautifully written account is not about the life of a cancer survivor, but rather of a life defined by living. It was a privilege to read it."-Nancy Pearl, NPR commentator and author of Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason

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Katherine Malmo is a Seattle-based mother, wife, and writer who was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in 2005. These days she is cancer-free and blogs about adoption, race, health, and living a low-toxin life at The Hysterical Mommy Network. Her work has received the 2009 Goldberg Award for Fiction from the Bellevue Literary Review and the 2007 Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest's award for Adult Short Story. Excerpts of WHO IN THIS ROOM and other short stories have appeared in several literary and commercial publications, including the Bellevue Literary Review and Gastronomica.

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