Kristin Henderson is an author and journalist, including reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan. Her work earned the Military Reporters & Editors association's large market newspaper/magazine award for domestic coverage in 2008 and for overseas coverage in 2010, and has appeared in the Washington Post Magazine, the New York Times, and Military.com, among others. Media appearances include NPR's "All Things Considered" and "Fresh Air", NBC's "Weekend Today Show", MSNBC, Air America, C-SPAN, BBC, and Australian radio (ABC). 

Kristin, a Quaker, is married to a Navy chaplain who served with the Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq. Her latest book, While They're at War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront, is an in-depth portrait of military spouses in wartime. Her critically praised memoir, Driving by Moonlight: A Journey Through Love, War, and Infertility, details her own experience during her husband's deployment to Afghanistan following 9/11, as well as her struggle with infertility.  She's the recipient of a Bread Loaf nonfiction fellowship.