Cat Winters is an award-winning, critically acclaimed author of ghostly historical novels for teens and adults and a picture book biography for children. She is also a poet and a co-leader of the Oregon chapter of Authors Against Book Bans. She has been named a Morris Award finalist, a Bram Stoker Award nominee, and an Oregon Spirit Book Award winner, and her young adult novels have appeared on Kirkus, School Library Journal, and Booklist best-of-the-year lists, as well as numerous state lists.
Her debut picture book, Cut!: How Lotte Reiniger and a Pair of Scissors Revolutionized Animation, written as C.E. Winters, illustrated by Matt Schu, was a 2024 Oregon Book Awards finalist and a 2024 Oregon Spirit Book Award honor book. Bank Street named the picture book to their 2024 Best Children's Books of the Year list, where it was noted for Outstanding Merit.
Her poem "A Moth with Hummingbird Wings" was published in the Winter 2024 issue of Door Is a Jar Literary Magazine, and four more of her poems will appear in the publication's Spring 2025 issue.
Winters lives in Oregon.
Literary Representation:
Barbara Poelle, Word One Literary
Heather Baror-Shapiro, Baror International (foreign rights)
Steven Fisher, APA (film rights)
A Sampling of Interviews/Articles:
Hillsboro NewsTimes (1/29/24)
Publishers Weekly (1/24/23)
Best Tips for Writing Horror (11/28/21)
Unnerving (podcast) (8/9/19)
AM Northwest (TV interview) (4/19/19)
The Raven Lunatics (6/7/18)
Bustle (1/19/18)
YA Books Central (9/16/17)
The Big Thrill (10/1/16)
KBOO 90.7 FM (4/14/16)
Unnerving (podcast) (8/9/19)
AM Northwest (TV interview) (4/19/19)
The Raven Lunatics (6/7/18)
Bustle (1/19/18)
YA Books Central (9/16/17)
The Big Thrill (10/1/16)
KBOO 90.7 FM (4/14/16)
The Guardian (3/29/16)
Bystander Magazine (3/11/16)
IndieReview Behind the Scenes Podcast (1/8/16)
B&N Reads (10/30/15)
Portland Book Review (8/18/15)
About Face (6/11/15)
For Books' Sake (4/13/15)
VOYA Magazine (1/28/15)
Abrams Books Podcast (11/18/14)
Maximum Pop! (10/31/14)
Oregon Art Beat (TV interview) (10/30/14)
First Draft Podcast (9/14)
Women Make Waves (9/5/14)
Bystander Magazine (3/11/16)
IndieReview Behind the Scenes Podcast (1/8/16)
B&N Reads (10/30/15)
Portland Book Review (8/18/15)
About Face (6/11/15)
For Books' Sake (4/13/15)
VOYA Magazine (1/28/15)
Abrams Books Podcast (11/18/14)
Maximum Pop! (10/31/14)
Oregon Art Beat (TV interview) (10/30/14)
First Draft Podcast (9/14)
Women Make Waves (9/5/14)
Horror Writers Association (5/10/14)
YALSA's The Hub (1/2/14)
CNN.com (11/25/13)
Between the Lines (UC Irvine School of Humanities) (6/13)
The Secret Life of Writers (5/23/13)
My Friends Are Fiction (5/13/13)
Nova Ren Suma's Anticipated YA Debuts (4/2/13)
One Four KidLit (4/2/13)
25 Things You Might Not Know about Me and My Book (1/3/13)
Writer, Writer, Pants on Fire (10/30/12)
IceyBooks (10/29/12)
Presenting Lenore (8/29/12)
ADR3NALIN3 (1/25/12)
Writer, Writer, Pants on Fire (1/10/12)
YALSA's The Hub (1/2/14)
CNN.com (11/25/13)
Between the Lines (UC Irvine School of Humanities) (6/13)
The Secret Life of Writers (5/23/13)
My Friends Are Fiction (5/13/13)
Nova Ren Suma's Anticipated YA Debuts (4/2/13)
One Four KidLit (4/2/13)
25 Things You Might Not Know about Me and My Book (1/3/13)
Writer, Writer, Pants on Fire (10/30/12)
IceyBooks (10/29/12)
Presenting Lenore (8/29/12)
ADR3NALIN3 (1/25/12)
Writer, Writer, Pants on Fire (1/10/12)
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| Cat Winters, Powell's Books, April 6, 2013. |
