Kate Johnson (writer)

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Kate Johnson
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Johnson in 2019
Born1982
Leeds, United Kingdom
Pen nameCat Marsters
Kate Johnson
OccupationWriter
NationalityBritish
Genre romance, fantasy, paranormal romance
Notable awards Paranormal or Speculative Romantic Novel of the Year Award
Website
etaknosnhoj.blogspot.com

Kate Johnson, also known as Cat Marsters, is a British author who writes in the Paranormal and Speculative Romantic Novel genres. She is the author of the award-winning novel Max Seventeen. [1] [2] [3]

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Biography

Johnson is a British writer of novels, novellas and short stories especially in the romance and paranormal genres. She is the author of the Romantic Novel of the Year award-winning novel Max Seventeen. [1] Her novel is self-published, which made it the first time an indie publication won an award from the Romantic Novelists' Association. Johnson has also won the Wisconsin Romance Writers' Silver Quill and Passionate Ink's Passionate Plume award.

Johnson lives in Essex and attended Joyce Frankland Academy. [2] [1] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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As Cat Marsters

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