KATE COLLINS

Kate is a writer of long-form and short fiction. From West Cork, Ireland, she now lives and works in Oxfordshire.

Her short fiction has been previously been longlisted for the Bath Short Story Award, and her debut novel, A GOOD HOUSE FOR CHILDREN, is published by Serpent’s Tail in the UK and by Mariner Books (Harper Collins) in the US, and was longlisted for the Author’s Club Best First Novel Award 2024.

Published in France by Les Escales, trans. Isabelle Maillet.

She is currently working on her second novel.

Kate frequently chairs literary events for Daunt Books, Waterstones, Blackwells, in conversation with (among others):

Kathryn Scanlan for Kick the Latch, winner of the 2024 Gordon Burn Prize

Charlotte Wood for Stone Yard Devotional, shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize

Andrew Miller for The Land in Winter, longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize

Lucy Steeds for The Artist, winner of the 2025 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and longlisted for the 2025 Women’s Prize

Jo Hamya for The Hypocrite, longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2025

If you are interested in booking Kate as an event chair, please reach out to her directly via Instagram (link below).