Katie Khan
Writing Coach
RNA Romance Novel of the Year finalist and author of Hold Back the Stars, praised by Matt Haig, translated into 20 languages and optioned for film by the producers of Stranger Things.
Katie Khan is the author of two speculative fiction novels, Hold Back the Stars and The Light Between Us, published by Penguin Random House in the U.K. and Simon & Schuster in the U.S, and her books have been translated into more than twenty languages.
Her debut novel, Hold Back the Stars, received praise from writers including Matt Haig and Samantha Shannon, was a finalist for the Romantic Novel Awards and Brave New Words Award, which celebrates originality in genre writing. The book is being adapted for film at Lionsgate, from the producers of Stranger Things.
Katie’s second novel, The Light Between Us, a story of unrequited love and time travel, was published by Penguin Random House and named a book of the summer by Red Magazine, and one of the thirty best ever romance books by Woman and Home.
Katie worked in the film and television industry for fifteen years, notably as Head of Digital at Paramount Pictures and in production at Warner Bros. on the Fantastic Beasts and DC Comics film franchises. Her experience in entertainment includes the BBC, Channel 4, Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Lionsgate, Picturehouse Cinemas, BAFTA, plus brand work on Ben & Jerry’s and Coca-Cola. Katie was named in the 40 under 40 working in European cinema at CineEurope, in the Drum’s Social Buzz Top 50 most influential people in social media marketing, and as a rising star by the Media Eye.
If you’re writing speculative fiction, or a story set in our world with, perhaps, one impossible thing made possible, you’ll find Katie an imaginative and exciting tutor.
Katie’s Genres
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Speculative Fiction
‘I spent three years writing at midnight. There are no shortcuts!’
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