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
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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]

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Biography

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] [4] [5]

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. [1] Under the name Cat Marsters she wrote erotic romance, [6] [7] which won the Wisconsin Romance Writers' Silver Quill and Passionate Ink's Passionate Plume award.

Awards

Bibliography

As Cat Marsters

Novellas:

Novels:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Kate Kerrigan wins Historical Romantic Novel Award". The Irish Times.
  2. 1 2 "Love and romance is still the write stuff for so many readers". The Independent.
  3. Manning, Anne. "2011 eBook Award Winners". www.epicorg.com.
  4. "Colgan and Haig make RNA shortlists". The Book seller. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  5. "Romantic Novel of the Year goes to YA title Love Song". The Book seller. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  6. Steward, Michael. "Stansted novelist nominated for prestigious book award". Dunmow Broadcast. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  7. "Essex author Kate Johnson scoops Romantic Novel Award - Essex-TV". Essex-TV. 14 March 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018.
  8. "The RNA Announces Shortlists For The 2021 Romantic Novel Awards". Romantic Novelists' Association. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  9. "The Rona Shortlists For 2018 Are Announced". Romantic Novelists' Association. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  10. Flood, Alison (13 February 2012). "Romantic novel of the year shortlists announced". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 23 June 2024.

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