Falling in love with literature at a young age, Kate Chopin was one of the most interestingly recognized writers of her time. Along with a writer she was a colorist……. Katherine “Kate” Chopin was born on February 08, 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born into a family with money, her father being a successful Irish merchant and her mother a member of a high end circle in the French community. Her interest in literature was caused by the losses in her family including her father, grandmother, who she really looked up to, and half-brother. She was so involved in reading she became very good at writing though she would miss school for her reading, she was well educated. Chopin wrote a number of short stories and novels such as “At Fault”,