Katherine Anne Porter yar jaridar Amurka ce, marubuciya, marubuciyar gajeriyar labari, marubuci, kuma mai fafutukar siyasa. An haife ta a ranar 15 ga Mayu, 1890, kuma ta mutu a ranar 18 ga Satumba, 1980. Ayyukan Porter sau da yawa suna magana akan jigogi na cin amana, mutuwa, da gwagwarmayar mutuncin ɗan adam. An fi saninta da gajerun labarunta, musamman "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" da "Pale Horse, Pale Rider," waɗanda ake ɗaukan manyan littattafan adabin Amurka. An ba Porter lambar yabo ta Pulitzer da lambar yabo ta kasa don littafinta mai suna "Ship of Fools" a cikin 1962.