Kate Sawyer

Kate Sawyer is an English novelist from East Anglia. She worked for years as an actor and producer and wrote several short films before turning to fiction. After some twenty years in London she returned to East Anglia, where she lives with her young daughter. Her debut novel, The Stranding (2021), the story of a woman whose world is swept away by catastrophe, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, won the fiction prize at the East Anglian Book Awards and was abridged for BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime. She also hosts Novel Experience, a podcast about writers' working practices.

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