Katie Simpson

A raw and emotionally powerful memoir about cancer, caregiving, survival, and the difficult questions patients ask when conventional treatment alone no longer feels like enough. As Ken battles aggressive rectal cancer and devastating treatment complications, he and his wife Katie quietly explore...

Lower Your Expectations (and Other Life Skills) is a hilariously honest look at modern adulthood, written for anyone who’s tired of pretending life is supposed to be neat, balanced, or filtered. In this sharply funny and deeply relatable collection, Montana-based author and humorist Katie...

Marriage isn’t perfect. But it can be hilarious. In Ken & Chaos: A Love Story, Katie Simpson invites readers into her world: a life built not on fairy tales, but on tractors, chickens, turkeys, Dairy Queen dates, menopause mood swings, and the occasional grease fire. This isn’t a polished...

In Love Letters to My Children: A Mother’s Journey of Forgiveness and Generational Healing, author Katie Simpson shares a raw and redemptive memoir told through heartfelt letters to her children.

What if you discovered that the spiritual freedom you were searching for had been inside you all along? After years of following every rule, pleasing every person, and trying to stay in God’s “good graces,” Katie Simpson watched her carefully constructed life crumble — religion, marriage...

In her bold and bitingly funny follow-up to My Own Damn Table, Katie Simpson returns with an unfiltered guide to surviving the circus of life without losing your mind—or your sense of humor. From gaslighters and guilt-trippers to cult-like workplaces and family drama, Katie pulls no punches as...

What happens when the world takes everything from you — your children, your family, your faith, even your name — and dares you to keep standing? Katie Simpson’s My Own Damn Table is a raw, unflinching memoir of survival, betrayal, and the relentless fight to reclaim a life on her own terms...