Kathleen Winter (born 1960)[1] is an English Canadian short story writer and novelist.

[2] Born in Bill Quay, near Newcastle in the north of England and raised in Newfoundland and Labrador, Winter began her career as a script writer for Sesame Street[3] before becoming a columnist for The Telegram in St.

[2] Her novel Annabel was published in 2010, and won the Thomas Head Raddall Award.

[6] In 2014 it was chosen for the Canada Reads competition, where it was championed by actress Sarah Gadon.

Boundless was a shortlisted nominee for the 2014 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.