Katherine Arden Burdine (born 1987), best known by herpen nameKatherine Arden,[1] is an American novelist. Known primarily for herWinternight trilogy offantasy novels,[2] which are set in medieval Russia and have garnered nominations forHugo andLocus Awards, she is also the author of theSmall Spaces series of horror novels formiddle grade children. The first in the latter series,Small Spaces, won theVermont Golden Dome Book Award in 2020
Arden was born inAustin, Texas, and currently resides inVermont. She spent a year inMoscow after high school before returning to Vermont.[3] She attendedMiddlebury College, graduating with a degree in Russian and French in 2011.[1]
After graduating, and uncertain what she wanted to do, Arden took a job on a farm inHawaii. Bored with the job, she took to writing in her spare time, and "the rest of the writing process just sort of happened in stops and starts."[4]
