Kate Ormand is a YA author of Dark Days, a shape-shifter circus series The Wanderers (winner of the USA Best Book Awards in the young adult fiction category), and The Pack.

Kate lives in the UK and graduated from university with a degree in Fine Art Painting. It was during this course that Kate discovered her love of reading YA books, prompting her to try a new creative angle and experiment with writing.

Kate’s short story “When the Snow Settles” appears in The Gift Exchange: A YA Holiday Anthology (2025). Follow Kate on Instagram @_katels or her author website.