Kathleen Flinn Writer
Kathleen Flinn is an award-winning American writer and journalist best known for the 2007 New York Times bestseller, The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry (Viking/Penguin). The book was the first to provide an in-depth look of attending and graduating from the famed Paris culinary school Le Cordon Bleu. The book has been translated into nine languages and sold in more than 60 countries worldwide.Her second book, The Kitchen Counter Cooking School (Viking/Penguin, October 2011) chronicles a year-long project inspired by a supermarket encounter with a woman loading up on processed foods. Flinn used her culinary training to help novice cooks find their cooking confidence and in the process, reported on the state of home cooking in general. The book earned a 2012 ASJA Award for Best Book in the Non-Fiction Autobiography/Memoir category from the American Society of Journalists and AuthorsViking/Penguin published her third book, "Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good," a multi-generational culinary memoir about growing up in her home state of Michigan. Outside of her book publishing career, Flinn's work has been featured in more than three dozen publications worldwide. Flinn serves on the board of directors for the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP).