Katharine Scherman Rosin (October 7, 1915 – December 11, 2009) was an American author of non-fiction.
Her father was Jewish and her mother was of Irish and Welsh descent.
Her interests include ornithology, mountain climbing, reading and music (she played piano and cello).
After graduating from college, Scherman worked as a secretary for the Sunday Review of Literature in New York City from 1940–41, while also working as an editor for J.
From 1944 to 1949 she was a writer and editor at Book-of-the-Month Club, during which time she married Axel Rosin, who was also working there.