# Catriona Ward

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Podcast: [Scarred For Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/scarred-for-life-6609228)
Published: 2026-04-27T01:00:00+00:00
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Our guest this week is the horror author Catriona Ward. Catriona has been writing in the world of horror fiction for the past decade, becoming the first woman to be a 3-time winner of the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel, at the British Fantasy Awards. She also won the Shirley Jackson Award for best novel in 2018, along with a ton of other awards and nominations, including The Times Breakthrough Award for Literature at the 2022 Sky Arts Awards. Stephen King called her 2022 Novel Sundial ‘authentically terrifying’ and her 2021 novel The Last House on Needless Street was named by Esquire Magazine as one of the top 25 best horror novels of all time. To join Scarred Club and get fortnightly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and access to the members forum - sign-up here - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://scarredforlife.supportingcast.fm/ Send us a voice note on WhatsApp - 07457 404 279 Follow us on YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@ScarredForLifePodcast⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on socials: Scarred For Life - ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ Production Company - ⁠⁠⁠Lock It In Studio⁠⁠⁠ Andy Bush - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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