Kate Johnson | |
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 Johnson in 2019 | |
| Born | 1982 Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Pen name | Cat Marsters Kate Johnson |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | romance, fantasy, paranormal romance |
| Notable awards | Paranormal or Speculative Romantic Novel of the Year Award |
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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]
Kate Johnson was born in Leeds in 1982. Her family moved to Essex when she was two. Johnson lives in Essex and attended Joyce Frankland Academy. [2] [1] [4] [5] [6] [7]
She became a published author at the age of 23 with the sale of her first novella, She Who Dares, under her pen name Cat Marsters, and the following year sold her first book under her own name, I, Spy?.
She is the author of the Romantic Novel of the Year award-winning novel Max Seventeen. [1] The novel was self-published, which made it the first time an indie publication won an award from the Romantic Novelists' Association. Under the name Cat Marsters she wrote erotic romance, which won the Wisconsin Romance Writers' Silver Quill and Passionate Ink's Passionate Plume award.
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