Cathryn Kemp's first novel, bestselling  A Poisoner's Tale, won the HWA Debut Crown Award 2025 and has been published internationally in the U.S., Canada, Italy, France, Brazil and Portuguese speaking territories, Vietnam and globally.

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Cathryn's second novel, They Can't Burn Us All, is published with Penguin Random House in August 2026.

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Her personal memoir, Coming Clean (2012), won the Big Red Read Prize for Non-Fiction. Cathryn co-founded charity, The Painkiller Addiction Information Network (PAIN), which has successfully lobbied Government, including the House of Lords and the APPG for dependency on prescribed medicines. 

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Cathryn is a Sunday Times and Amazon Number 1 (in four categories) bestselling ghostwriter, with a prolific career writing celebrity, inspirational, true crime, addiction and nostalgia titles.

 

She has written across the full spectrum of the British and international press, and has appeared on television and radio, including ITV's This Morning, Lorraine and Panorama, BBC's Women's Hour and regional BBC radio stations across the UK.

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