Catriona Ward

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Catriona Ward
Born Washington, D.C., U.S.
NationalityAmerican, British
Education St. Edmund Hall, Oxford (BA)
University of East Anglia (MA)
Known forHorror 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.

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Biography

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]

Ward lives in London and Devon. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Awards

YearNominated WorkAwardCategoryResultRef
2016 Rawblood Author's Club Best First Novel Award —Shortlisted [13]
British Fantasy Award Horror Novel Won [14] [15] [16]
2018 Little Eve Shirley Jackson Award [a] NovelWon [14] [17] [18]
2019 British Fantasy Award Horror Novel Won [14] [19] [16]
2021The Last House on Needless Street Goodreads Choice Awards [b] HorrorNominated (3rd) [20]
Ladies of Horror Fiction Award [b] NovelWon [21]
2022 British Book Awards PageturnerShortlisted [22]
British Fantasy Award Horror Novel Won [14] [23] [16]
Kitschies NovelShortlisted [24]
South Bank Sky Arts Award Breakthrough in LiteratureWon [25]
World Fantasy Award Novel Shortlisted [14] [26] [27]
Sundial Bram Stoker Award [c] Novel Shortlisted [14]
Goodreads Choice Awards [c] HorrorNominated (16th) [28]
2023 British Fantasy Award Horror Novel Shortlisted [14]
ITW Awards Hardcover NovelWon [29] [30]
Locus Award Horror Novel Nominated (7th) [28]

Notes

a "2018" is the listed award year for titles eligible; the ceremony was 2019
b "2021" is the listed award year for titles eligible; the ceremony was 2022
c "2022" is the listed award year for titles eligible; the ceremony was 2023

Bibliography

Novels

American editions

  • —— (2017). The Girl from Rawblood (paperback ed.). Sourcebooks Landmark. ISBN   9781492637424.Flag of the United States.svg  USA

Short fiction

YearTitle [32] First publishedReprintedNotes
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.

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  32. ↑ Short stories unless otherwise noted.


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