Author Katie Mackey

Hi, I’m Katie Mackey. Indie author of heartbreak and tragic love stories written to shatter you (with love, of course). I write the kind of romance that feels deeply, painfully, beautifully. My books are slow-burn, emotionally rich, and unapologetically raw. I don’t promise happily-ever-afters... but I do promise to make you fall in love, cry ugly tears, and carry my characters with you long after the final page.

My stories are inspired by the kind of love that leaves marks. The ones we never forget. If you've ever hugged a book to your chest, sobbed in the dark, or felt more at home in fiction than anywhere else… you are my people.

But behind the pen, I’m also a military wife living the ever-moving, ever-changing PCS life as we crisscross the country. I’m married to my best friend and real-life hero, and together we’re raising seven incredible kids each of them wild, unique, and wonderfully themselves. Among them are our beautiful twins who have autism, cerebral palsy, and a few other “superpowers” that keep life extra colorful. Parenting them has changed the way I see the world. It’s slower, more intentional, more present and I carry that lens into everything I write.

We homeschool, and it’s not just something we do it’s part of who I am. I believe in slow mornings, messy learning, wonder-filled books, and building a life that values connection over chaos. Our days are filled with story time, nature walks, sensory play, and the kind of togetherness I once only dreamed about. There’s always noise in our house, but there’s also music, laughter, and a lot of love.

I’m obsessed with sad songs, soft blankets, handwritten letters, and cinnamon-anything. I live for quiet hours before the world wakes up, rainy days with too much coffee, and late-night writing sessions where my heart ends up in the pages. I’m the kind of person who gets attached to fictional characters like they’re real and I know many of you do, too.

At the end of the day, I write for readers who want to feel. Who don’t mind a little pain with their love stories, who crave something real, something that lingers. If you’re here, it means you see the beauty in the broken pieces. And that means we’re already connected.