Catherine Pike Plough

Catherine Pike Plough graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a degree in Communication Studies. She began her career as a news journalist, later freelancing for local and national publications. Along the way she made her foray into fiction, taking first place in Charisma’s short fiction competition. The Blu Phenomenon is her first novel, birthed through the real-life experience of adopting a son from Hong Kong. Catherine and her husband live in their almost-empty nest near Charlotte, NC, where she is an avid student of China affairs and adoption-related topics.