Katie Stephens

Born and brought up in the Surrey Hills near Guildford, Katie now lives in Camberley with her husband Will and two daughters

Katie's love of creative writing started at school and as well as writing short stories she found great enjoyment in writing poetry. While primarily writing for friends and family, she has had two poems published in anthologies plus a number of others in event programmes and in-house publications.

In 2008 Katie decided it was time to take her writing up a level and started on a Creative Writing course. During the course, she found the inspiration and the confidence to take her writing seriously. Her first completed book was born from a piece of homework on her course. Her first novel, Candles on the Sand, set on the Amalfi Coast, was published in 2011 and went on to become an Amazon bestseller. Her second book Catching Lightning is set in Kenya.

Katie's latest book, Three Simple Facts, adds a second audience with a young adult/teen story alongside her usual older audience.

Katie spends any spare time she can find sat at her computer writing and sees this as her escape time.

Working in PR Katie is able to mix her love of writing and creativity with her career.