Quote of the day
Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.
Katherine Porter

Born: 1941 (age 82)
Bio: Katherine Porter is an American artist born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1941. She received her BA from Colorado College in 1963. Katherine Porter received an honorary doctorate from Colby College.
Known for:
- Ship of Fools (1962)
- Pale Horse, Pale Rider (1939)
- Noon Wine
- The Leaning Tower: And Other Stories (1944)