Kristin Henderson is an author, a frequent contributor to the Washington Post Magazine (read the latest), and a columnist on Military.com. Her writing has also appeared in Military Spouse Magazine and various literary journals, and she's the recipient of a Bread Loaf nonfiction fellowship. Media appearances include BBC's "Outlook", NPR's "All Things Considered" and "Fresh Air", NBC's "Weekend Today Show", MSNBC, Air America, C-SPAN, 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 has participated in the Marine Corps' Key Volunteer family support program and Compass, the Navy's spouse mentoring program.