Cathleen Allyn Conway, PhD studied creative writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She is a Gothicist and Sylvia Plath scholar who has presented her research in the US, UK, and mainland Europe.
She is the author of Bloofer (Broken Sleep Books, 2023), Nocturnes (Cherry Dress Chapbooks, 2023), American Ingénue (Broken Sleep Books, 2021), All the Twists of the Tongue (Grey Book Press, 2018) and Static Cling (Dancing Girl Press, 2012). Her poetry has appeared in journals and anthologies in the UK, US, and Australia.
As a journalist, her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Sun, the Financial Times, Bitch, the i paper, the Daily Telegraph, and the Sunday Telegraph.
Cat is also a fully qualified teacher of secondary English and has taught KS3-KS5 in inner London secondaries and further education colleges, as well as poetry at Goldsmiths, University of London. Once upon a time, she also played bass and sang in a band called The Kissing Time.
Originally from Chicago, she lives in London with her partner and son.