Kathryn's debut novel, More of Me, won the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book Award - the first YA novel ever to do so - and the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award, and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. In addition to writing, running a fruit farm and raising two children, Kathryn loves to belly dance, fences competitively and is Finance Co-ordinator for The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She lives on her farm near Chichester.