Christie Watson is a British writer and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia[1] and worked for more than twenty years as a nurse before becoming an author.[2] She has written eight books: four novels, including her first novel Tiny Sunbirds Far Away (2011), which won the Costa First Novel Award,[3][4] and four works of non-fiction, including memoir, The Language of Kindness which was a number one Sunday Times Bestseller[5] and spent five months in the Top Ten Bestseller list. Her work has been translated into twenty-three languages, adapted for theatre,[6] and is currently being developed as a television series.[7]Killing Me Softly, her latest novel, will be released March 2026.
She won the Malcolm Bradbury Bursary, which enabled her to take an MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, from where she graduated in 2009.[8]
Her first novel, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away, won the Costa First Novel Award in the 2011 Costa Book Awards.
Her second novel, Where Women Are Kings (2014), also won critical praise and has been widely translated.[9]
Watson published two further memoirs to critical acclaim: The Courage to Care and Quilt on Fire both receiving five-star critical reviews.[12][13]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson have acquired three novels from Watson in a major deal. The first, Moral Injuries, has been published in 2024[14] and received positive reviews, including praise for best new thrillers.[15][16][17] It is currently being developed as a television series.[7]
No Filters a memoir written by Christie Watson and her daughter, Rowan Egberongbe, was published January 2025 and received widespread critical praise[18] and was serialised in The Observer[19]
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