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Catriona Ward

カトリオナ・ワード

Katoriona Wādo

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
unknown （Washington, D.C.）
Nationality
American, British
Languages
English
Residence History
Washington, D.C. → Kenya → Madagascar → Yemen → Morocco → Dartmoor → New York → London → Devon

Career

Occupations
novelist, horror novelist
Active Years
2015-2024
Nominations
2016 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award Shortlisted, 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards Horror Nominated, 2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Award Novel Nominated, 2022 Kitschies Red Tentacle Shortlisted, 2022 British Book Awards Page-turner of the Year Shortlisted, 2022 World Fantasy Award Novel Shortlisted, 2022 Bram Stoker Award Novel Shortlisted, 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards Horror Nominated, 2023 Locus Award Horror Novel Nominated, 2023 British Fantasy Award Horror Novel Shortlisted, 2024 World Fantasy Award Novel Shortlisted, 2024 British Fantasy Award Horror Novel Shortlisted

Education

Bedales School
Country: United Kingdom
Secondary school
St. Edmund Hall, Oxford
English
Degree: BA
Country: United Kingdom
University of East Anglia
Creative Writing
Degree: MA
Country: United Kingdom

Awards

British Fantasy Award (August Derleth Award)
2016
Work: Rawblood
Category: Horror Novel
Organization: British Fantasy Society
Result: Won
Shirley Jackson Award
2018
Work: Little Eve
Category: Novel
Result: Won
British Fantasy Award (August Derleth Award)
2019
Work: Little Eve
Category: Horror Novel
Organization: British Fantasy Society
Result: Won
British Fantasy Award (August Derleth Award)
2022
Work: The Last House on Needless Street
Category: Horror Novel
Organization: British Fantasy Society
Result: Won
International Thriller Writers Award
2023
Work: Sundial
Category: Hardcover Novel
Organization: International Thriller Writers
Result: Won
Sky Arts Award
2022
Work: The Last House on Needless Street
Category: The Times Breakthrough Award
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Rawblood

2015 Horror

A gothic horror novel.

cursesfamily secrets

Little Eve

2018 Horror

Story of sisters raised on a remote island.

isolationviolence

The Last House on Needless Street

2021 Psychological Horror

Mysterious house and its inhabitants.

traumatrust
Adaptations
  • [Film] / Andy Serkis (producer)

Sundial

2022 Horror

Family terror in the desert.

familyfear

Looking Glass Sound

2023 Horror

Story revolving around mirror sounds.

memoryreality

Bibliography

  • Rawblood
  • Little Eve
  • The Last House on Needless Street
  • Sundial
  • Looking Glass Sound
  • The Girl from Rawblood (US edition of Rawblood)

Adaptations

  • Film rights optioned for The Last House on Needless Street by The Imaginarium

Style & Themes

Literary Style
psychological depthunreliable narrationgothic elements
Recurring Motifs
traumaisolated locationsfamily curses

Legacy

Pioneering horror author acclaimed for psychological horror and gothic thrillers, multiple British Fantasy Award winner.

Trivia

  • First woman to win the August Derleth Award twice.
  • Spent childhood moving internationally due to father's work.