“Can you be happy with the movies, and the ads, and the clothes in the stores, and the doctors, and the eyes as you walk down the street all telling you there is something wrong with you? No. You cannot be happy. Because, you poor darling baby, you believe them.”

American novelist, journalist, and poet

Katherine Karen Dunn was an American novelist, journalist, voice artist, radio personality, book reviewer, and poet from Portland, Oregon. She is best known for her 1989 novel Geek Love. Dunn also wrote extensively about boxing, alongside her work in fiction, reviewing, broadcasting, and poetry. Her writing career ranged across several forms, with Geek Love remaining the work most closely associated with her name.