# www.katiewardwriter.co.uk

Website: https://www.katiewardwriter.co.uk
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- [Katie Ward | Devon Author | The Pretender](https://www.katiewardwriter.co.uk/): My first novel ‘The Pretender’ is a modern-day adaptation of the Mark Twain classic ‘The Prince and the Pauper’. This is another of my childhood favourites but due to its age and style of writing it is a difficult read for most modern readers. For my novel, I took all the main elements of the original story in order to stay faithful to it but then weaved them into a brand new contemporary novel targeted at a YA audience.
- [About Katie | Katie Ward Writer](https://www.katiewardwriter.co.uk/about.html): My first novel ‘The Pretender’ is a modern-day adaptation of the Mark Twain classic ‘The Prince and the Pauper’.This is another of my childhood favourites but due to its age and style of writing it is a difficult read for most modern readers. For my novel, I took all the main elements of the original story in order to stay faithful to it but then weaved them into a brand new contemporary novel targeted at a YA audience. ‘The Pretender’ has captured the hearts of readers from around the world and not long after its release won a coveted BRAG Medallion Award. In addition to this, its readers have shown their love of the book with their fantastic reviews. It has also featured regularly in the media. In 2020, ‘The Pretender’ will be featured in a cook book being released by BRAG Medallion with a recipe developed by French food writer, The Skinny Chick, to bring the cuisine of the Palace into my reader’s homes.
- [Awards | Katie Ward | Devon Author | The Pretender](https://www.katiewardwriter.co.uk/awards.html): I lived in Dublin, I entered a short story (that I had originally written when I was 14) into a competition run by National Irish TV Channel RTE via the Seoige and O’Shea show (think the Irish equivalent of Richard and Judy but not married to each other!). They ran a competition called ‘Do the Write Thing’ which was mentored by Irish author Patricia Scanlon.
- [Blog | Katie Ward | Devon Author | The Pretender](https://www.katiewardwriter.co.uk/blog-page.html): When I’m not writing, I sing in a community choir which has seen us perform alongside Jazz singer Claire Martin, at the Exeter Rugby fanzone and travelling to France to perform with a choir in Renne. I’m also a member of an Archery club where I enjoy practising my recurve skills. In 2019, I was classified by Archery GB as 14th in the country for Ladies Beginners Indoor Recurve Archery.
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- [Charity Work | Katie Ward | Devon Author | The Pretender](https://www.katiewardwriter.co.uk/charity-work.html): A few months after the initial release of ‘The Pretender’ I donated a box of books, fresh from being printed to a charity called Books 2 Africa who send predominantly used books and reconditioned equipment to schools in Africa. Since ‘The Pretender’ deals with poverty, I felt strongly that I wanted to give something back to children living in poverty. I also signed each individual book so that the children receiving them had the same experience as those I had signed books for at my events. Books 2 Africa then asked me to join them for an interview for their Books to Africa On Air channel.
- [Contact Me | Katie Ward | Devon Author | The Pretender](https://www.katiewardwriter.co.uk/contact.html): I am a Devon based author with a lifelong love of literature. I have a particular love of classic fiction novels such as Wuthering Heights, Woman in White and Vanity Fair. These all have dark undertones that enhance the plot with a sense of tension and foreboding. In my own writing, I aim to encapsulate this classic style but within a modern and contemporary storyline.
- [Katie Ward | Devon Author | The Pretender](https://www.katiewardwriter.co.uk/index-2.html): My first novel ‘The Pretender’ is a modern-day adaptation of the Mark Twain classic ‘The Prince and the Pauper’. This is another of my childhood favourites but due to its age and style of writing it is a difficult read for most modern readers. For my novel, I took all the main elements of the original story in order to stay faithful to it but then weaved them into a brand new contemporary novel targeted at a YA audience.
- [Media | Katie Ward | Devon Author | The Pretender](https://www.katiewardwriter.co.uk/media.html): Katie Ward’s novel ‘The Pretender’ won the coveted B.R.A.G Medallion Award (Book Readers Appreciation Group) after a rigorous review process looking at the quality of the book’s plot, writing style, characterisation, cover, dialogue and copy editing to name a few. The ten-strong reading panel was then required to give unanimous agreement for the award to be bestowed. Only a fraction of submitted books is eligible to receive the award.
- [My Books | Katie Ward | Writer](https://www.katiewardwriter.co.uk/my-books.html): As the popularity of ‘The Pretender’ has continued to grow, it has now achieved its highest ranking position, 30 in the Amazon YA Bestsellers List. This is an amazing feat especially when you consider this is this a debut novel and also that it has been independently published. For authors who choose to publish their books independently from the traditional publishing route (where a book is published with the assistance of an agent and publisher) there are a lot of obstacles that make achieving high rankings difficult.
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