Kris Rafferty

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Kris Rafferty | “Outside Looking In”
March 27, 2017
With a show of hands, how many of you felt like an outsider growing up? I suspect most hands are waving in the air right  Read More...

Kris Rafferty | You Gotta Go There
October 24, 2016
Think about all your favorite authors, and I bet the attribute they have in common is their willingness to put everything on the page. They  Read More...

Kris Rafferty | The Closer You Look, The More Likely It’s Not There
August 29, 2016
I love my mother. Arguably, she’s the person who knows me most because she’s seen the arch of my life choices from my  Read More...

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I am the youngest of four in a rambunctious Irish-American family. I became obsessed with books young, and still retain an image in my mind of the first book I took out of the library.

I completed my first short story during “rest period” in first grade, first novel at eighteen, first rejection at eighteen…it took me a long time to believe I could be a writer, and longer to convince anyone else.

Meanwhile, I filled the time earning my BA at U/Mass Boston, married the love of my life (who is also the baby of his family), had three perfect children (that I could wax poetic about for days, and often do), and earned my third degree black belt in Parker Kenpo Karate (a life-changing event that took over a decade of challenging my mind and body).

I’m a staunch advocate for people empowering themselves, emotionally and physically, to be their best selves, to not rely on others to keep them safe in a world that is not safe. And I believe creating/playing music is the closest thing to creating life that doesn’t eventually lead to diapers and drool. I play classical piano, love summer road trips, am a fanatic for warm water ocean, and one of my favorite things to do is to say I’ll start exercising tomorrow.

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