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- Philadelphia Literary Scene Examiner at Examiner.com
- Communications Director at Michael Petrie's HANDMADE GARDENS
- author at Flying Jack
- Writer/Editor/Publisher/ at Local LIT (Sole Proprietorship)
- Freelance writer and editor at KP Writing
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- writer at Young Writers Day
- Education
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- Syracuse University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Writing and Editing
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Kathye Fetsko Petrie’s Experience
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Philadelphia Literary Scene Examiner
Examiner.com
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
News, reviews and commentary about writers, readings, books, events, etc. Visit this site at http://www.examiner.com/x-4299-Philadelphia-Literary-Scene-Examiner.
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Communications Director
Michael Petrie's HANDMADE GARDENS
(Retail industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
I work weekends at my husband's new, plant nursery, garden shop and landscape design business. My husband is garden artist, horticulturist and award-winning "Best-in-Show" Philadelphia Flower Show landscape exhibit designer Michael Petrie. HANDMADE GARDENS is located at 320 W. Uwchlan Avenue in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, We carry high quality, unusual plants, vintage found objects and original art, plus Michael does garden design for homes and businesses. See what HANDMADE GARDENS is all about by going to www,handmadegardens.net.
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author
Flying Jack
(Writing and Editing industry)
2003 — Present (6 years )
Kathye Fetsko Petrie is author of the children's picture book, Flying Jack, published by Boyds Mills Press in 2003. ISBN: 1563979713
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Writer/Editor/Publisher/
Local LIT (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)
June 2002 — Present (7 years 6 months)
Local LIT is an online calendar of literary events taking place in the greater Philadelphia area, as well as a resource for local literary links including bookstores, libraries, publishers and local authors.
Website: www.locallit.com
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Freelance writer and editor
KP Writing
(Writing and Editing industry)
June 1982 — Present (27 years 6 months)
Kathye Fetsko Petrie is a freelance writer whose publication credits include The Philadelphia Inquirer, Main Line Today magazine, The Writer, The Sun, pif magazine, The Compulsive Reader, and Best New Writing 2007. She is a former contributing writer to Writers' Notes, the literary magazine founded by novelist Christopher Klim. She is a former editor of PSA Journal, the monthly magazine of The Photographic Society of America, and a past recipient of a Dow Jones-Ottoway newspaper internship. She holds a degree in both magazine journalism and English from Syracuse University, where she was features & arts editor of the independent student newspaper, The Daily Orange. Petrie specializes in writing about books and literary topics, and has published interviews with notable authors including Mary Gordon, Terry Kay and William Styron.
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writer
Young Writers Day
(Writing and Editing industry)
2000 — 2009 (9 years )
Kathye Fetsko Petrie’s Education
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Syracuse University
MAGAZINE JOURNALISM/ S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications; ENGLISH/School of Liberal Arts 1975 — 1977
- Activities and Societies:
- Editor, Features and Reviews, The Daily Orange 1976-1977
Reporter, News and features, The Daily Orange 1975-1976
Dow-Jones Ottoway Newspaper Internship Award, The Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA, Summer 1976
Additional Information
Kathye Fetsko Petrie’s Websites:
Kathye Fetsko Petrie’s Interests:
Books, reading, writing, writers
Kathye Fetsko Petrie’s Groups:
Society of Children's Books Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI)
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Examiner.com Examiners -
Book Authors & Agents
Kathye Fetsko Petrie’s Honors:
BA, Magazine Journalism and English
Kathye Fetsko Petrie’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- business deals
