Catriona Ward
{{short description|American and British horror novelist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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Catriona Ward is an American-born British horror novelist. Her work has earned a number of accolades, including three British Fantasy Awards and a Shirley Jackson Award.
Biography
Catriona Ward was born to English parents{{Cite web|url=https://www.bedales.org.uk/alumni/catriona-ward|title=Catriona Ward - Old Bedalian, 1998|website=Bedales School|accessdate=26 October 2024}} in Washington, D.C. Due to her father's work as an international economist, the family moved around and she grew up all over the world, including in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. Dartmoor was the one place the family returned to on a regular basis.{{Cite news |last=Ward |first=Catriona |date=2021-03-17 |title=Wish I were there: the ghosts and glories of Dartmoor |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/91633ece-8654-4d20-889a-8d172c440a7e |access-date=2023-11-02}}
Ward attended Bedales School and went on to study English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Ward initially worked as an actor based in New York.
When she returned to London she worked on her first novel while writing for a human rights foundation until she left to take an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia. That novel, Rawblood (distributed in the United States as The Girl from Rawblood), was published in 2015.
Now she writes novels and short stories, and reviews for various publications.{{cite web | last=Oates | first=Joyce Carol | title=For People Who Devour Books | website=Literary Review | date=2020-02-12 | url=https://literaryreview.co.uk/contributors/catriona-ward | access-date=2020-02-12}} Ward won the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel in 2016 at the British Fantasy Awards for Rawblood and again in 2018 for Little Eve, making her the first woman to win the prize twice.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantasy-awards/bfawinners/|title=Winners | The British Fantasy Society|website=www.britishfantasysociety.org|access-date=Jun 9, 2020|archive-date=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118223026/https://www.britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantasy-awards/bfawinners/|url-status=dead}} Little Eve also went on to win the prestigious Shirley Jackson Award for best novel.{{Cite web|url=https://locusmag.com/2019/07/2018-shirley-jackson-awards-winners/|title=2018 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners|date=Jul 15, 2019|access-date=Jun 9, 2020}} Her next gothic thriller, The Last House on Needless Street, was published through Viper Books (an imprint of Serpent's Tail) in March 2021, and Tor Nightfire (Tor Books) in the US, in September 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/catriona-ward-moves-new-serpents-tail-imprint-viper-1131301|title=Viper strikes: Catriona Ward moves to new Serpent's Tail imprint | The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com|access-date=Jun 9, 2020}} Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s The Imaginarium Productions has optioned film rights to the book.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/andy-serkis-the-last-house-on-needless-street-catriona-ward-jonathan-cavendish-imaginarium-productions-movie-deal-1234716475/|title = The Imaginarium's Andy Serkis & Jonathan Cavendish in Film Deal for Catriona Ward Novel 'The Last House on Needless Street'|date = 17 March 2021}}
Ward lives in London and Devon.{{cite web | last=Ward | first=Catriona | website=Skylight Books | date=2017-04-08 | title=catriona ward discusses her novel girl rawblood with mike mignola and devin griffiths|url=https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/catriona-ward-discusses-her-novel-girl-rawblood-mike-mignola-and-devin-griffiths | access-date=2020-02-12}}{{cite web | title=Catriona Ward | website=Titan Books | url=https://titanbooks.com/creators/catriona-ward/ | access-date=2020-02-12}}{{cite web | title=Catriona Ward | website=Arvon | date=2018-10-29 | url=https://www.arvon.org/tutors/catriona-ward/ | access-date=2020-02-12}}{{cite web | title=Catriona Ward Archives | website=Andrew Nurnberg Associates International Ltd. | url=https://andrewnurnberg.com/book-author/catriona-ward/ | access-date=2020-02-12}}{{cite web | last=Ward | first=Catriona | website=Lounge Books | date=2017-10-23 | url=https://www.lounge-books.com/award-winners-we-lov/horror-lounge-author-catriona-ward|title=Interview with Catriona Ward | access-date=2020-02-12}}
Awards
= Notes =
:{{note label|Alpha|a}} "2018" is the listed award year for titles eligible; the ceremony was 2019
:{{note label|Beta|b}} "2021" is the listed award year for titles eligible; the ceremony was 2022
:{{note label|Gamma|c}} "2022" is the listed award year for titles eligible; the ceremony was 2023
Bibliography
= Novels =
- {{Cite book |last=Ward |first=Catriona |title=Rawblood |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |year=2015 |isbn=9780297609643 |edition=hardcover 1st |publication-place= |pages= |language=English |author-mask=2}} {{Flag|UK}}
- {{Cite book |last=Ward |first=Catriona |title= Little Eve |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |year=2018 |isbn=9780297609674 |edition=hardcover 1st |publication-place= |pages= |language=English |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Ward |first=Catriona |title=The Last House on Needless Street |publisher=Viper |year=2021 |isbn=9781788166164 |edition=hardcover |publication-place= |pages= |language=English |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Ward |first=Catriona |title=Sundial |publisher=Tor Nightfire |year=2022 |isbn=9781250812681 |edition=hardcover |publication-place= |pages= |language=English |author-mask=2}}{{cite web |last1=M. |first1=Meaghan |title=Interview: Catriona Ward Talks About Her Latest & Upcoming Books - Fully Booked |url=https://fully-booked.ca/editorials/interview-catriona-ward-talks-about-her-latest-upcoming-books/ |website=fully-booked.ca |date=18 April 2021 |access-date=19 April 2021}}
- {{Cite book |last=Ward |first=Catriona |title=Looking Glass Sound |publisher=Tor Nightfire |year=2023 |isbn=9781250860026 |edition=hardcover |publication-place= |pages= |language=English |author-mask=2}}
== American editions ==
- {{Cite book |last=Ward |first=Catriona |title=The Girl from Rawblood |publisher=Sourcebooks Landmark |year=2017 |isbn=9781492637424 |edition=paperback |publication-place= |pages= |language=English |author-mask=2}} {{Flag|USA}}
= Short fiction =
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!Year ! width="25%" |TitleShort stories unless otherwise noted. !First published !Reprinted !Notes |
| rowspan="3" |2018
|"{{Sort|Pier at Ardentinny|The Pier at Ardentinny}}" |{{cite journal |date=2018 |title=The Pier at Ardentinny |url= |journal=This Dreaming Isle |publisher=Unsung Stories |volume= |issue= |pages=11–24 |isbn=978-1907389597}} | | |
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| "Sentinel"
|{{cite journal |date=2018 |title=Sentinel |url= |journal=New Fears 2 |publisher=Titan Books |volume= |issue= |isbn=978-1785655531}} | | |
| "Lula-Belle"
|{{cite journal |date=2018 |title=Lula-Belle |url= |journal=Phantoms |publisher=Titan Books |volume= |issue= |pages=129–138 |isbn=978-1785657948}} | | |
| 2019
|"Black Kitty" |{{cite journal |date=2019 |title=Black Kitty |url= |journal=Wonderland |publisher=Titan Books |volume= |issue= |pages= |isbn=978-1789091489}} | | |
| rowspan="2" |2020
|"At That Age" |{{cite journal |date=2020 |title=At That Age |url= |journal=Cursed |publisher=Titan Books |volume= |issue= |pages= |isbn=978-1789091502}} | | |
| "Slipper"
|{{cite journal |date=2020 |title=Slipper |url= |journal=Dark and Stormy Nights |publisher=Black Shuck Books |volume= |issue= |pages=161–176 |isbn=978-1913038441}} | | |
External
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- [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13801540.Catriona_Ward Catriona Ward] on Goodreads
- [https://www.fantasticfiction.com/w/catriona-ward/ Catriona Ward] at Fantastic Fiction
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- [https://us.macmillan.com/author/catrionaward Profile] at Macmillan Publishers
- [https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/contributor/catriona-ward/ Profile] at Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- [https://www.audible.com/author/Catriona-Ward/B015CNZSLK Profile] at Audible
- [https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/catriona-ward.html Reviews of Works] by Publishers Weekly
- [https://literaryreview.co.uk/contributors/catriona-ward Reviews by Ward] on Literary Review
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