About

Born and based in San Francisco, California, Katie Aliféris (ah-lee-FEH-ree) is a writer of poetic things, from poetry to fiction, creative non-fiction, and everything in between.

She has performed her work at over fifty local and international literary events, including LitCrawl, Literary Speakeasy, The Melbourne Fringe Festival, North Beach First Fridays at City Lights Books, Open Pages: A Word Arts Show on Mutiny Radio, and Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake. Photos from, and recordings of, select performances are available here. 

Her work has been published in various anthologies, journals, and websites, including the San Francisco Public Library’s Poem of the Day, set to music, and commissioned by composers, conductors, businesses, individuals, and organizations.

Katie’s book of poetry, FOOL[ISHLY OPTIMISTIC], was published by Nomadic Press in February of 2022. It is now out of print but may be found at select San Francisco bookstores, including Green Apple Books on the Park. Listen to the FOOL[ISHLY OPTIMISTIC] playlist here.

She is currently writing fantasy fiction, and pieces of praise. Fantasy fiction story progress and other details can be found here. 

Photo above by Jim Aliferis.

Author portrait on home page by Arty Johnstone, courtesy of Nomadic Press. 

Video below courtesy of Litquake.