Christie O. Tate is a Chicago-based writer and essayist.  Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Pithead Chapel, McSweeney’s, Motherwell, Entropy Magazine, A Perfect Wedding, Together.com, Brain, Child and others.  Her debut memoir, Group, published in October 2020 was a Reese’s Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller.