Bio

Photo by Melissa Mills-Koffel

Cat Winters was born and raised in Southern California, near Disneyland, which may explain her love of haunted mansions, bygone eras, and fantasylands. She received degrees in drama and English from the University of California, Irvine, and formerly worked in publishing.

Her critically acclaimed debut novel, In the Shadow of Blackbirds (Amulet Books), is the story of a sixteen-year-old girl who faces WWI, the deadly Spanish influenza pandemic, and a ghost. Her second novel, The Cure for Dreaming, is coming Fall 2014 (Amulet Books).

Cat lives outside of Portland, Oregon, with her husband and two kids.

Awards:

Nominated for YALSA's 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults

Award winner in the Juvenile Fiction by Adults category of the Kay Snow Writing Awards, hosted by Willamette Writers

Award winner in the Young Adult category of The Write Stuff Contest, hosted by Connecticut Romance Writers of America

Literary Representation:
Barbara Poelle, Irene Goodman Literary Agency
Heather Baror-Shapiro, Baror International  (foreign rights)

MEDIA KIT

Cat belongs to...
The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
Horror Writers Association 
The Lucky 13s
Corsets, Cutlasses, & Candlesticks

A Sampling of Interviews:

WovenMyst (4/9/13)
Abrams Books (4/2/13)
Nova Ren Suma's Anticipated YA Debuts (4/2/13)
One Four KidLit (4/2/13)
Realm of Fiction (2/22/13)
25 Things You Might Not Know about Me and My Book (1/3/13)
Writer, Writer, Pants on Fire (10/30/12)
IceyBooks (10/29/12)
Presenting Lenore (8/29/12)
Dear Teen Me (5/9/12)
ADR3NALIN3 (1/25/12)
Writer, Writer, Pants on Fire (1/10/12)

Winifred, Cat's mascot.
(No, it's not a real bird.)