Kirsten Holmstedt

Kirsten A. Holmstedt is an American author and journalist. She has written for newspapers, magazines and business publications. Holmstead is the author of two books on women in the military.

Early life
She was born and grew up in Mystic, Connecticut, USA. In 1985 she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism  from Drake University. In 2006, she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative non-fiction from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Career
Besides two books on women and the military, she has written other articles on military issues. She left her job as a public information officer for Coastal Carolina Community College in Jacksonville, North Carolina to be a freelance writer.

Awards
 2007 Golden Quill Award, American Authors Association
 2007 Founder's Award, Military Writer's Society of America

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References

Other websites
 Biography on Shesource.com
 Discussion of Band of Sisters on C-SPAN

Category:Living people
Category:American feminist writers
Category:Journalists from Connecticut
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)