Katie Williams

Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director
Pronouns: (She/Her/Hers)
Katie Williams

Katie Williams is the author of the novels My Murder (Riverhead/Penguin 2023) and Tell the Machine Goodnight (Riverhead/Penguin 2018) and the young adult novels Absent and The Space Between Trees. Her short fiction has appeared in The Atlantic, Best American Fantasy, American Short Fiction, Prairie Schooner, Subtropics, and elsewhere. Williams's fiction has been translated into eleven languages and has been listed as a New York Times Editors' Choice, NPR Best Books of the Year, Kirkus Prize for Literary Fiction, National Magazine Award for Short Fiction, and Dublin International Prize for Literary Fiction. Her most recent novel, My Murder, is a national bestseller.

Williams's work spans the genres of literary fiction, popular fiction, young adult literature, speculative fiction, mystery/thriller, science fiction, and fantasy.

Recent classes taught: Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop, Fabulist and Futurist Fiction Workshop, Fiction Workshop, The Craft of Fabulist and Futurist Literature.

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About

Education

B.A., University of Michigan
M.F.A., The University of Texas

Areas of Expertise

  • Creative Writing

Publications

My Murder

2023
Riverhead Books, Penguin Random House

Tell the Machine Goodnight

2018
Riverhead Books, Penguin Random House

Absent

2013
Chronicle Books

The Space Between Trees

2010
Chronicle Books

Awards & Honors

National Indie Bestseller

2023
American Booksellers Association

Indie Next Pick

2023

New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

2023

Kirkus Prize in Literary Fiction

2018
Finalist

NPR Best Books of the Year

2018

New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

2018

Real Simple Best Books of the Year

2018

Young Adult Book Award, International Literacy Association

2014
Finalist

Best Books of the Year

2014
Bank Street College of Education

National Magazine Award for Short Fiction

2011
Finalist

Best American Fantasy

2010