Kate Jacobs is a highly successful general fiction author, best known for her Friday Night Knitting Club series. She was born in British Columbia, Canada, in a town called Hope. As a teenager, she begged her parents to send her to boarding school in Victoria, BC, before moving to New York City to pursue a career in magazine publishing. Jacobs received a Master's degree at NYU and worked at Redbook magazine as an assistant to the Books & Fiction Editor. It was during this time that she discovered the impact of sharing women's stories and made it a priority to explore content that resonated with them.
Jacobs has worked as an editor at Working Woman and Family Life and was a freelance writer and editor at the website for Lifetime Television. She is a firm believer in the creative power of free time and enjoys recharging by tackling knitting projects and taking naps. Jacobs is also a dog lover and enjoys the company of her liver-and-white English Springer Spaniel, Baxter.
Jacobs is the author of several bestselling novels, including "Comfort Food," "Knit Two," and "The Friday Night Knitting Club," which has over 1 million copies in print. She is a strong advocate for building a surrogate family and stitching together friendship connections that will endure, which is reflected in her writing. Jacobs currently resides in Southern California with her husband, Jon. She is known for her accessibility to readers and often telephones hundreds of book clubs each year to discuss her novels with them. Jacobs can be reached through her website, where she engages with her fans and shares updates on her work.