Katie Ward is an award-winning author and creative writing tutor in Suffolk.
She will talk with us about her fascinating new novel, Pathways (2024), which is about Cara, a Cambridge-based neuroscientist and her ‘almost step-daughter’, Heather, who makes an impulsive decision to take a trip to Las Vegas.
Katie’s first novel, Girl Reading (2011) was published to international acclaim, and was a featured title on the Cactus Book TV Club and the Oprah Blog.
Katie received the Clarissa Luard Award in 2013 from Hilary Mantel, her literary mentor. Read Katie’s piece about this important influence. Katie is herself an important mentor to numerous Suffolk writers and runs the Wolsey Writers group at the New Wolsey Theatre.