ABOUT KATHERINE

 

Katherine Leyton is the author of Motherlike and All the Gold Hurts My Mouth. She is winner of the 2017 ReLit Award, has twice been a finalist for an Ottawa Book Award, and was nominated for a National Magazine Award. 
 

She received an MSc in Creative Writing from the Univerity of Edinburgh and was the first Writer-in Residence at the Al & Eurithe Purdy A-Frame in 2014. She was also featured in the documentary Al Purdy Was Here. Katherine has also worked as a screenwriter for programs appearing on Crave and CTV Life.

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Born in Toronto, Katherine has lived in Rome, Montreal, Edinburgh and Forlì, and has made her living as a college instructor, bartender, journalist, editor and tour guide, among other things. She lives in Ottawa.

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