Kathryn is a graduate of the Bath Spa MA Writing for Young People. Things I Learned While I was Dead came second in the Faber Imagined Futures Prize. Her work has been long/shortlisted in awards including Times/Chicken House, Mslexia Children's Novel, Bath Children's Novel, and Searchlight Novel Opening. She was runner up in the Book Pipeline Novel Contest, and winner of the Arvon Novel Opening Competition. Kathryn works as a freelance writing mentor. She lives in Gloucestershire with her family and two dogs.