Sisson, Kathy: - Kathy Sisson graduated from the California Culinary Academy and had 40 years of wide-ranging culinary adventures that took her from the Bay Area to Aspen, Caribbean yachts and Silicon Valley estates. She also has a B.A. from UC Berkeley in the sociology of religion, and an M.A. from SF State University in human sexuality studies. Her academic work has appeared in several anthologies and peer-reviewed journals. This is her first volume of poetry. She is retired and lives in Palm Springs CA with her two beloved rescue cats.