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.  Her next book, The Accidental Stay-at-Home-Mother, is slated for publication with Second Story Press in early 2028.
 

Katherine is also a screenwriter and has written for shows appearing on the Discovery Channel, CTV Life, Amazon Prime and Crave. She received an MSc in Creative Writing from the University 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.  

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Born and raised in Toronto, Katherine has lived in Rome, Montreal, Edinburgh and Forlì. She now lives in Ottawa.

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