Katherine Kurtz

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Katherine Kurtz was born in Coral Gables, Florida during a hurricane on October 18. Her mother worked in university administration, then as a legal secretary, and also taught English as a Second Language in the Peace Corps in Venezuela. Her father worked as a radar specialist for Bendix Avionics. Both are now retired.

On her second birthday, Katherine is told, she recited the entire poem, "Little Orphan Annie", for her grandparents without hesitation or error. She says she cannot remember a time when she could not read.

Katherine did not find elementary school very...