Catherine Simpson

Catherine Simpson was born and raised on a Lancashire dairy farm and now lives in Edinburgh.

She was inspired to write Truestory, while raising her autistic daughter Nina. The novel won a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. Catherine has also published two memoirs:  When I Had a Little Sister, about the death by suicide of her sister, Tricia, and One Body about growing up and growing older in a woman’s body. One Body was shortlisted for the Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022, in the Scottish National Book Awards, and was selected for World Book Night 2023. Catherine has also written for Radio 4.