Catriona Ward | |
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Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Nationality | American, British |
Education | St. Edmund Hall, Oxford (BA) University of East Anglia (MA) |
Known for | Horror novels |
Catriona Ward is an American-born British horror novelist. Her work has earned a number of accolades, including three British Fantasy Awards and a Shirley Jackson Award.
Catriona Ward was born to English parents [1] in Washington, D.C. Due to her father's work as an international economist, the family moved around and she grew up all over the world, including in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. Dartmoor was the one place the family returned to on a regular basis. [2]
Ward attended Bedales School [1] and went on to study English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Ward initially worked as an actor based in New York.
When she returned to London she worked on her first novel while writing for a human rights foundation until she left to take an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia. That novel, Rawblood (distributed in the United States as The Girl from Rawblood), was published in 2015.
Now she writes novels and short stories, and reviews for various publications. [3] Ward won the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel in 2016 at the British Fantasy Awards for Rawblood and again in 2018 for Little Eve , making her the first woman to win the prize twice. [4] Little Eve also went on to win the prestigious Shirley Jackson Award for best novel. [5] Her next gothic thriller, The Last House on Needless Street, was published through Viper Books (an imprint of Serpent's Tail) in March 2021, and Tor Nightfire (Tor Books) in the US, in September 2021. [6] Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s The Imaginarium Productions has optioned film rights to the book. [7]
Among her literary awards, Catriona Ward is a 3-time winner of the August Derleth (best Horror Novel) Award of the British Fantasy Award.
Work | Year & Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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Rawblood | 2016 British Fantasy Award | Horror Novel (August Derleth Award) | Won | [13] |
2016 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award | Shortlisted | [14] | ||
Little Eve | 2018 Shirley Jackson Award [a] | Novel | Won | [15] [16] |
2019 British Fantasy Award | Horror Novel (August Derleth Award) | Won | [17] | |
The Last House on Needless Street | 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards [b] | Horror | Nominated | [18] |
2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Award | Novel | Nominated | [19] | |
2022 Kitschies | Red Tentacle (Best Novel) | Shortlisted | [20] | |
2022 British Fantasy Award | Horror Novel (August Derleth Award) | Won | [21] | |
2022 British Book Awards | Page-turner of the Year | Shortlisted | [22] | |
2022 World Fantasy Award | Novel | Shortlisted | [23] | |
Sundial | 2022 Bram Stoker Award [c] | Novel | Shortlisted | [24] |
2022 Goodreads Choice Awards [c] | Horror | Nominated | [25] | |
2023 International Thriller Writers Awards | Hardcover Novel | Won | [26] [27] | |
2023 Locus Award | Horror Novel | Nominated | [28] | |
2023 British Fantasy Award | Horror Novel (August Derleth Award) | Shortlisted | [29] | |
Looking Glass Sounds | 2024 World Fantasy Award | Novel | Shortlisted | [30] |
2024 British Fantasy Award | Horror Novel (August Derleth Award) | Shortlisted | [31] | |
Ward has also won the 2022 Sky Arts Awards "The Times Breakthrough Award" for Literature [32]
Year | Title [34] | First published | Reprinted | Notes |
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2018 | "The Pier at Ardentinny" | "The Pier at Ardentinny". This Dreaming Isle. Unsung Stories: 11–24. 2018. ISBN 978-1907389597. | ||
"Sentinel" | "Sentinel". New Fears 2. Titan Books. 2018. ISBN 978-1785655531. | |||
"Lula-Belle" | "Lula-Belle". Phantoms. Titan Books: 129–138. 2018. ISBN 978-1785657948. | |||
2019 | "Black Kitty" | "Black Kitty". Wonderland. Titan Books. 2019. ISBN 978-1789091489. | ||
2020 | "At That Age" | "At That Age". Cursed. Titan Books. 2020. ISBN 978-1789091502. | ||
"Slipper" | "Slipper". Dark and Stormy Nights. Black Shuck Books: 161–176. 2020. ISBN 978-1913038441. |