Catriona Ward, Author at The Mary Sue

Catriona Ward

(she/her) was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. She studied English at Oxford and later the Creative Writing Masters at the University of East Anglia. Her second novel, Little Eve, won the 2019 Shirley Jackson Award and the August Derleth Prize at the British Fantasy Awards. Her debut, The Girl from Rawblood, also won the 2016 August Derleth Prize, making her the first and only woman to win the prize twice. Her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. She divides her time between London and the remote English moors.

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Our Books, Our Shelves: The Voices in The Dark

I couldn’t sleep for a while last year, after a friend of mine died. There’s a peculiar quality to those late hours of the night—time slips and loops back on itself. You’re not sure how long you’ve been awake, watching the ceiling, until the first grey hints of dawn seep into the world.

Oct 26, 2021