hi, i’m kaitlyn. welcome to my website!

about me

i’m a screenwriter, author, funny gal and rescue dog mom to lucy, an eight-year-old dachshund/jack russell and the love of my life. by day, i work as a digital content pro and editor. by night, i am usually asleep by 10.

writing:

  • author: “te quiero, mi amor” - 80,000-word contemporary fiction novel, *currently querying

  • co-writer: “resurrectionist” (tv series, set in New Orleans in the late 1800s, “resurrectionist” explores the birth of the death industry and the lengths one medical student will go to to prove his theory of evolution)

  • freelance copywriter: writer of mental health, sex and relationships, career, healthcare

  • learn more about me as a writer here

    video content:

  • co-host “healthy state of mind” and “decoded” podcasts, ochsner health

  • louisiana content creator

    say hi on social:

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  • linkedin

    want to know more?

  • more about kaitlyn here

find me on ig + tiktok at @kaitlynmcquin

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