​Catherine Banner was born in Cambridge, UK, in 1989 and began writing at the age of 14. She studied English at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, before moving to County Durham where she worked as a secondary school teacher. She has previously published a trilogy of young adult novels, The Last Descendants. She currently lives in Turin, Italy, with her husband.

Her debut adult novel, THE HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF NIGHT, tells the story of the 2008 financial crisis and 95 years of European history through one family and their bar on a tiny Mediterranean island. It has been published in 22 languages, and was listed as a Kirkus Reviews and NPR best book of 2016. Her second novel will be published in the summer of 2018.

Catherine is a member of Italian PEN and PEN Writers' Circle. She is also the writing consultant for Project VOICE, a not-for-profit creative writing project that aims to provide a platform for development, peace, social care and humanitarian workers to tell the stories of their work in their own countries, in their own words.

Books by Catherine Banner

The House at the Edge of Night

by Catherine Banner - Fiction

Castellamare is an island far enough away from the mainland to be forgotten, but not far enough to escape from the world’s troubles. At the center of the island’s life is a café draped with bougainvillea called the House at the Edge of Night, where the community gathers to gossip and talk. Amedeo Esposito, a foundling from Florence, finds his destiny on the island with his beautiful wife, Pina, whose fierce intelligence, grace and unwavering love guide her every move. An indiscretion tests their marriage, and their children --- three sons and an inquisitive daughter --- grow up and struggle with both humanity’s cruelty and its capacity for love and mercy.

The Eyes of a King

by Catherine Banner - Fantasy