Caitlin Shetterly

Caitlin Shetterly is an American writer and theatre director based in Maine whose works center on themes of the environment, food, America, family life, and motherhood.

Her books include Pete and Alice in Maine (2023, Harper Collins); Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future (2016); Made for You and Me: Going West, Going Broke, Finding Home[1] (2011); and the bestselling Fault Lines: Stories of Divorce (2001).

Her thesis focused on "Fathers and Children in Divorce" in John Updike’s The Maples Stories and Richard Ford’s Frank Bascombe novels.

[6] With the company Shetterly created the "Letters Series...", a run of shows about social issues such as the Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina, and gun control.

The shows were formed from original pieces which Shetterly commissioned from playwrights, including Craig Pospisil and Amy Fox, and artists across America.

In the spring of 2008, Shetterly started the blog Passage West, chronicling her move with her husband from Maine to Los Angeles, CA.