3 things you need to know about K.L. Gallagher. 1) She’s a native Californian. If she was offered a choice of living in Texas for free or paying double her cost of living to stay in California, she’d pick the Golden State every day of the week and twice on Sunday. 2) K.L. is a prolific ice hockey player who has traveled the country representing women’s ice hockey before it was cool. And 3) She is obsessed with the Pitch Perfect movie franchise. The movies are rocket fuel for K.L.’s creative flow and the perfect cure for writer’s block.