Kathleen Florence Reichelt is an award winning writer, performer, stage and film director based in Los Angeles,
California. As a poet, she is known as Kathleen Florence. Her first full-length book of poetry will be published by
Moon Tide Press in 2025. Her poems have appeared in Cultural Daily, Arteidolia, Otoliths, and published by
NYC's Great Weather for Media and Three Rooms Press. The poet has performed at LA's Beyond Baroque,
NYC's Poet House, Ottawa's Versefest, Kingston's Artfest, Toronto's Secret Handshake and Montreal's Words &
Music. Recipient of Canada Arts Council and Ontario Arts Council grants, Kathleen won the Evan Hughes
Playwright award, and was invited as a poet to attend the Valiparesio artist residency in Spain. She is the founder
of Toronto's Garage Theatre, has co-run an artist residency, event and production company, and her short films have
been screened in Los Angeles, Quebec City, Montreal and Toronto.