Katie Khan is a writer from London whose first novel, HOLD BACK THE STARS, is published in twenty-four countries internationally and translated into twenty-one languages.
HOLD BACK THE STARS is being adapted into a film by producers Dan Cohen and Shawn Levy (Arrival/Stranger Things), starring John Boyega (Star Wars) and Letitia Wright (Black Panther), to be directed by Mike Cahill (I Origins/Another Earth).
HOLD BACK THE STARS was a finalist for the Romantic Novel Awards 2018, and shortlisted for Brave New Words, celebrating originality in genre writing. Katie’s second novel THE LIGHT BETWEEN US is published in 2018, a story about unrequited love and friendship — and time travel.
A fan of love stories with epic settings both on the page and on screen, Katie spent 10 years working in online editorial and technology, including 4 years as Head of Digital at Paramount Pictures, before joining Warner Bros. in 2017 to work on a major film production. Named in the 40 Under 40 working in European Cinema at CineEurope 2016, and The Drum's Top 50 most influential people in social media marketing in the UK, Katie was also selected as a Rising Star by The Media Eye.
Katie is represented by literary agent Juliet Mushens, and represented for film rights by Howie Sanders at Anonymous Content.
![And done. Cor, I raced through this! [Don’t worry: no spoilers.] The prose is clean and sharp, pared back to the bone. The pace rattles along. Some of the imagery is as shocking as you’d expect/hope. The point-of-view shifts often cut at a gasp.
There were a few niggles as you’d expect with the sequel to a phenomenon, created some thirty-five years later; it’s different to The Handmaid’s Tale, but that’s OK. I loved returning to Gilead and discovering new places in this hellish world — to be honest, I’d probably read a Martha’s Gileadean shopping list, if Margaret Atwood wrote it.
Aunt Lydia is a devilish delight.
Super enjoyed The Testaments. Hoorah! Have you read it, or is it on your list?
#TheTestaments
#TheHandmaidsTale
#MargaretAtwood
#UnderHisEye — lol never.
#handmaidsonhulu — it’s an advantage to be up-to-date with the TV series when you read this, if you can be. I think.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c31f90414fb59d81920e0c/1568658542776-HUQ8U6OP6VMMB9G4AXH3/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kEpVg-ILAPna1wRh-xAJ9fRZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZUJFbgE-7XRK3dMEBRBhUpwEv36x-EUL2-BSQ5feDhwGCbXuJBFqZ-erYzVouT8yOb9TwqchglLQOCYTRn7ZGxI/image-asset.jpeg)
There is some kind of alchemy involved in finding the right book at the right time. I truly believe there is a specific and perfect time in anyone’s life to read a story—you just have to cross your fingers and hope that you’ll cross paths with it, or have the book pressed into your hands by a loved one, precisely when you need it the most.
I wrote about reading The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger exactly as I went through my own personal heartbreak - and how cathartic that was.