Katharine Kilalea grew up in South Africa and moved to the UK to study for an M.A. in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Her debut poetry collection, One Eye’d Leigh (2009), was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize for writers under 30. She worked for many years in an architecture practice and is completing a PhD at the University of Sheffield on the experience of space in poetry. She lives in London.
Katharine's debut novel, OK, MR. FIELD, was published by Faber & Faber (UK), and Tim Duggan Books (US) in 2018. Her next book, RANTER'S TRIUMPH, will be published by Faber & Faber in spring 2027.
