Catriona Ward was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. She studied English at the University of Oxford and later completed a Creative Writing Masters at the University of East Anglia. Ward is a multi-award winning horror writer who won the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel for her debut, Rawblood, and again for Little Eve, making her the first woman to win the prize twice. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed novel The Last House on Needless Street, which was a runaway international bestseller and is currently in development for film. In addition, her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. She lives in London and Devon.
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