Kathy Walton was born in Texarkana, Arkansas, on March 20, 1946, and grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. She began attending the University of Arkansas in 1964 and would study creative writing as both an undergraduate and graduate student under Bill Harrison and Jim Whitehead. After leaving the University of Arkansas, Walton began a distinguished career as an editor at presses across the country. She eventually returned to Texas, where she served as Editor of TCU Press for many years. Kathy Walton died on February 23, 2026.
#1: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Kathy Walton at the Laurie Merlee Ceramics Studio; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2011
© Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas
#2: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Kathy Walton at the Laurie Merlee Ceramics Studio; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2011
© Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas
#3: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Kathy Walton at the Laurie Merlee Ceramics Studio; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2011
© Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas
