Rawblood, the debut novel by UEA alumna Catriona Ward, is among the twelve titles selected for the WH Smith Fresh Talent promotion. Catriona (pictured) was born in Washington DC and grew up in America, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen and Morocco. She studied English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2011, having begun her novel while on the course. She now works as a writer and researcher for Bianca Jagger’s human rights foundation and lives in London. Rawblood was published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson last year and was shortlisted for the 2016 Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award
Catriona Ward selected for Fresh Talent promotion
