Katherine Stansfield is a multi-genre novelist and poet. She grew up on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall and now lives in Cardiff.
Her latest solo novel is The Mermaid's Call, third in the Cornish Mysteries series, out now with Allison & Busby.
Katherine’s poetry is published by Seren. Her most recent collection is We Could Be Anywhere by Now which was awarded a Writer's Bursary from Literature Wales and was selected by Wales Literature Exchange as a 'Bookcase' title: a book from Wales recommended for translation.
Alongside her
independent writing projects, Katherine co-writes with her partner David Towsey
under the partnership name D. K. Fields. Head of Zeus publish D. K. Fields' political fantasy trilogy The Tales of Fenest.
She teaches for Faber Academy and for the School of Continuing and Professional Education at Cardiff University. She is a
mentor for Literature Wales and has been a Royal Literary Fund fellow.
Katherine is a member of Crime Cymru: the collective of crime writers with a connection to Wales. You can read more about the group here. She is also a member of the Crime Writers Association. With her poetry hat on, she is co-editor, with Damian Walford Davies, of the poetry section of Scintilla, the journal of the Vaughan Association.
Unless otherwise stated, the author photos on this site were taken by Two Cats in the Yard Photography and are owned by Katherine. You're very welcome to use them but please credit Two Cats wherever possible.
