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Kat Purcell, owner and public relations consultant, has over sixteen years in book publishing and financial services. Her career encompasses everything from arranging author tours to IPO media relations.
Kat started her publishing career in the Penguin Book's marketing department. While there, she learned how the marketing, sales, promotion, publicity and editorial departments work together to sucessfully launch books. During her career she made the leap to publicity. She has worked on a variety of books ranging from young adult, trade paperback, mass market, mystery, science fiction and true crime. Kat has worked with many well-known authors such as: T.A. Barron, Michael Hoeye, Tony Attwood and Ann Palmer. Author tours that she arranged include national TV print, radio and internet media outlets. Her authors have appeared on such venues as Fox TV, Comedy Central, Inside Edition, Scope, People Magazine, Cosmopolitan and Time.
She is a member of Women's National Book Association. Additionally, Kat has been busy sewing masks for SewForNY.org.
When she isn't working she enjoys hiking in the great outdoors with her family. Recently she ran in a haf-marathon. She is frequently spotted with a book in hand.
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