Katherine Holmsen

About The Author

Katherine Holmsen is an anthropologist whose research took her to the rainforests of East Borneo, Indonesia, for over two years. A Fulbright scholar, she holds a PhD from the University of Arizona and has spent twenty years working in international development with organizations focused on public health. She lives in Washington DC.

Books by Katherine Holmsen

Sleeping with Leeches

A Memoir of Power, Seduction, and Two Years in the Borneo Forest

By Katherine Holmsen
For readers of Cheryl Strayed and Alexandra Fuller, this contemporary memoir—unfolding across Arizona, Bali, and the wilds of Borneo—traces a thirtysomething grad student’s emotional and sexual entanglement with her renowned PhD advisor.
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