Catriona Ward was born to English parents[1] in Washington, D.C. Due to her father's work as an international economist, the family moved around and she grew up all over the world, including in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco.
[2] Ward attended Bedales School[1] and went on to study English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
[4] Little Eve also went on to win the prestigious Shirley Jackson Award for best novel.
[5] Her next gothic thriller, The Last House on Needless Street, was published through Viper Books (an imprint of Serpent's Tail) in March 2021, and Tor Nightfire (Tor Books) in the US, in September 2021.
[6] Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s The Imaginarium Productions has optioned film rights to the book.