Andrea Kott

Author of Salt on a Robin’s Tail

Andrea Kott earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California–Berkeley and her master’s degree from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. In addition to publishing work in The New York Times, Lilith Magazine, JAMA, and literary journals, she writes about public health for global and national nonprofits, public health schools, and academic medical centers. She also teaches English as a Second Language to immigrants and refugees, and participates in Hevra Torah Study at Woodlands Community Temple. She and husband Erik have two grown children, Sophie and Ben, and live in Sleepy Hollow, New York.