For Kathleen Harward, the heroes and themes in her books are her medicine for today’s social ills. She sees them as antidotes for a generation of youth that would rather blame and destroy instead of solve and create.
Her path as an independent publisher of children’s books is one inspired by experience and heart. In 2021, she founded Brandy Pie Book Co. This move came after serving for almost 15 years as a campus lawyer, serving as director of student legal services at Colorado State University. In that capacity, she helped college students overcome mistakes, learn resilience, think entrepreneurially, and develop abilities to make their own and other people’s lives better.