Katie Edwards (born 14 August 1978) is an English academic,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][excessive citations] writer,[9] columnist,[10] and broadcaster.

[12] Edwards was awarded a first class degree and a PhD in Biblical Studies from the University of Sheffield, where she worked as an academic in the School of English from 2012 to 2020.

Until 2020, she was a founding co-director of The Shiloh Project, an academic collaboration dedicated to the study of religion and rape culture.

Edwards has written widely for the Press, including The Guardian,[37] The i Newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, The Washington Post,[38] the New Statesman, The Independent,[39] and Newsweek.

[40] Edwards wrote extensively on the Depp v. Heard trial in 2022 and was interviewed by news channels, including BBC Worldwide, TalkTV and numerous radio programmes, commenting on the ruling in April 2022.