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  • Banner for an Open Book interview with author Katie Welch. On the left, a vivid painting of a burning tree in orange, yellow, and blue stands among dark green forest trees. On the right, a smiling portrait of Katie Welch with long curly light brown hair, wearing a black top, is set against a deep blue background. Text reads: “Author of A Ladder to Heaven — Interview with Katie Welch.” The Open Book logo appears at the bottom.
    Banner for an Open Book interview with author Katie Welch. On the left, a vivid painting of a burning tree in orange, yellow, and blue stands among dark green forest trees. On the right, a smiling portrait of Katie Welch with long curly light brown hair, wearing a black top, is set against a deep blue background. Text reads: “Author of A Ladder to Heaven — Interview with Katie Welch.” The Open Book logo appears at the bottom.
    October 28, 2025

    Katie Welch Explores How We Rise from the Ashes in the New Novel, LADDER TO HEAVEN

    In Ladder to Heaven, acclaimed author Katie Welch takes readers into a wondrous and perilous near future. The year is 2045, and an earthquake has shattered the Pacific Coast, upending not only cities ...

  • "I Stopped Wondering a Long Time Ago" Read an Excerpt from Katie Welch's Mysterious Bee Novel, Mad Honey
    "I Stopped Wondering a Long Time Ago" Read an Excerpt from Katie Welch's Mysterious Bee Novel, Mad Honey
    June 28, 2022

    "I Stopped Wondering a Long Time Ago" Read an Excerpt from Katie Welch's Mysterious Bee Novel, Mad Honey

    There are a lot of novels that open with disappearances, but very few with the return of the disappeared. Not only does Katie Welch's extraordinary new novel Mad Honey (Wolsak & Wynn) see Beck ...

  • Mad Honey by Katie Welch
    Mad Honey by Katie Welch
    June 15, 2022

    Book Therapy: Mad Honey

    “No, no. I’m telling you, it feels like I was bees. A whole bee colony. Like all I did this summer was drink nectar, collect pollen, nurse the larvae, fan the hive, take care of my queen—I was bees.”— Katie ...

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