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Katalina Watt is the author of instant Sunday Times Bestselling novel Saltswept (2026, Hodderscape). They were selected as 2024 Writer in Residence for Konstkollektivet in Sweden and granted a 2025 Literature Matters Award from Royal Society of Literature. They were a finalist for 2023 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine as founding Audio Director for khōréō. They are a Writing Coach at The Novelry and represented by Christabel McKinley at David Higham Associates.

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Katalina is the author of instant Sunday Times Bestselling novel Saltswept (2026, Hodderscape). They were selected as 2024 Writer in Residence for Konstkollektivet in Sweden and granted a 2025 Literature Matters Award from Royal Society of Literature. Their writing has been selected for Milford SF Writer’s 2026 Residency Scholarship and Body Remedy’s Grounding Residency at Cove Park. They have appeared at Edinburgh International Book Festival, Bangkok Speculative Literature Festival, and FANE Productions online. They are represented by Christabel McKinley at David Higham Associates.

Katalina is a Writing Coach for The Novelry. As Literature Officer at Creative Scotland, Katalina was selected for a 2023 Clore Inclusive Leaders Fellowship. As founding Audio Director for khōréō, a speculative magazine elevating immigrant and diaspora authors, they won 2022 Ignyte Award ​for Best Fiction Podcast and were finalist for 2023 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine. Katalina also has experience in the British Book Award-winning Audio and Digital departments for Canongate and Hachette. Katalina read English Literature at the University of Glasgow and Publishing at Edinburgh Napier University.

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