Katherine Yeske Taylor began her career as a rock critic in Atlanta in the 1990s, interviewing Georgia musical royalty such as the Indigo Girls, R.E.M., and the Black Crowes while still a teenager. Since then, she has conducted thousands of interviews and contributes regularly to Billboard, Spin, and American Songwriter, among others. She authored She's a Badass: Women in Rock Shaping Feminism (Backbeat Books, 2024). She is a longtime New York City resident.