Katya Balen

Biography

 Katya Balen is an author whose novels have won some of the most prestigious children’s literary awards, including the Carnegie medal, the Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice medal, the UKLA Prize, The Indie Book Award and the Wainwright Prize. Before becoming an author, Katya studied at Oxford and Cambridge, and then worked in social care, special schools and a children’s hospice. She lives in London with her partner and their son. Her first adult thriller THE ADMISSION was subject to auctions and preempts across the world, and will be published in 2028 by Penguin Random House in the UK and US, and will be translated in 20 languages and counting.