Kate Hamill grew up in Lansing, New York, a town she describes as having " more cows than people."  She earned her BFA in acting from Ithaca College in 2005.  She currently works as both and actor and a playwright.   According the the Ithaca College newspaper: 

The daughter of former IC associate provost Paul Hamill grew up in a Lansing, New York, farmhouse with five siblings and no TV. But in a family of readers, she soon acquired a literary passion. In her teens, Hamill discovered Jane Austen: “Because she’s female, she gets pigeonholed as a romantic writer, but she’s a genius, a brilliant social satirist, incredibly witty and funny.“

Hamill also discovered theatre. Her first role, in fourth grade, was a dream: Cinderella’s wicked stepmother. “At 4 feet, I was a very small little girl,“ Hamill says, “but I got to boss everyone around. That’s when theatre became addictive.“

Moving to New York City after graduation, Hamill grew frustrated there were so few good roles for women. “It was demeaning and disheartening,“ she says. “Each time you’d be playing some guy’s girlfriend or ex-girlfriend, either helping the man on his journey or being the obstacle to it. If the man didn’t exist, you wouldn’t have a journey of your own.“

Kate has written 18 full length and several 10 minute plays, most of which are reimaginings of classic tales.