Meet Katherine

Welcome!

Katherine Briggs crafted her first monster story at age three. Since graduating from crayons to laptop, she continues to devour and weave fantasy tales while enjoying chai tea. She, her coadventurer husband, and rescue dog reside outside Houston, where she classically educates amazing middle school students, teaches ESL to adults, and enjoys studying other languages.

Fun Facts

Katherine loves tea, her coadventurer husband, rescue dog, reading, outside (dog’s favorite word, too), clean hip-hop/rap, language, ballet, classical education, and hanging out with you via her Story Newsletter and Instagram!

Writing Background

Katherine Briggs began writing at age three by coloring in notebooks and dictating to her mom. Four novels later, she graduated in Craftsman Fiction from Jerry B. Jenkin’s Christian Writers Guild, which opened the doors to writing mentors including bestselling author DiAnn Mills, conferences, contest finals and wins, short fiction and novel publication, critique partners, and friends.

Novels

  • The Immortal Abyss (Enclave Publishing) — Coming September 2024!
  • The Eternity Gate (Enclave Publishing)

    Short Stories + Articles

    • Mysterion
    • Havok Publishing/Magazine
    • Splickety Magazine
    • Splickety Love
    • Devozine
    • Houston Chronicle
    • John Brown University Devotional
    • The Upper Room
    • The Longwood Cardinal

      Awards

      • Realm Awards 2022 Finalist
      • BRMCWC Foundation Awards Speculative First Place 2021
      • BRMCWC Foundation Awards Speculative Second Place 2020
      • ACFW First Impressions Speculative Winner 2014
      • CWG Operation First Novel 2014 Semifinalist
      • Southern Writers Magazine “Best Short Stories 2014” Finalist
      • NaNoWriMo Winner 2017

      Affiliations

      • ACFW
      • Realm Makers
      • SCWBI

       

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