My First Byline: Katie MacBride

Freelance writer

Courtesy of Katie McBride

What is your current job?

I’m a freelance writer/journalist

What was your first byline?

My first real byline was in 2014. I was still a public librarian and about six years sober. The news had just broken that Robin Williams had died by suicide, and — while I didn’t know him personally, he was in the recovery community in my town. …