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About the Author

Kathy Price-Robinson is an award-winning California-based journalist who specializes in writing stories about homes, design and real remodels. She has toured and written articles about more than 500 remodeled homes in the past 16 years.

Kathy's popular remodeling blog, called "Kathy's Remodeling Blog," began its life on the website of the Los Angeles Times, and then moved to its own home. It can be found here: Kathy's Remodeling Blog..

Kathy is co-author of "Kitty Bartholomew's Decorating Style" (Rodale, 2005), co-author of "Designer Knitting With Kitty Bartholomew" (Sterling, 2005), and editor of "The Lead Carpenter Handbook."

Kathy's 11-year print series, Pardon Our Dust, runs in the Sunday Real Estate Section of the Los Angeles Times. Pardon Our Dust was honored with a second-place award for Best Serial Report from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.

Plus, an advice column Kathy wrote with her contractor husband, "She Said, He Said," was given a Best of the Web designation by Forbes magazine. Another series by Kathy on Homestore, Real Remodels, was given a special mention by the Forbes analysis.

Kathy won the first Ralph Bivins Fellowship from the National Association of Real Estate Editors. The award includes a $3,500 stipend, which is intended to further the education or goals of a real estate writer.

Kathy also writes for various construction trade magazines, which gives her an insider's knowledge of building issues. Topics she has written about include steel framing, job site waste, the lead carpenter system, engineered wood, green building, and the relationships between designers and builders.

Kathy was born into one construction-oriented family, and married into another. She studied journalism at California State University Los Angeles. She has held memberships in the National Writers Union, and the National Association of Real Estate Editors.

Kathy Price-Robinson has written for many other publications, including:


Remodeling
magazine
Upscale Remodeling

Better Homes and Gardens
Journal of Light Construction
Urban Land Journal
Multi-family Homes

Westways
Santa Barbara Magazine
Santa Barbara News-Press
Fine Homebuilding
Qualified Remodeler
Engineered Wood Journal
Friendly Exchange
Appraisal Institute
PlanHouse

Homestore.com