Catherine Menon

CATHERINE MENON is the author of Fragile Monsters, published in 2021 by Viking. Her debut short story collection, Subjunctive Moods, was published by Dahlia Publishing in 2018. She has a PhD in pure mathematics and an MA in creative writing from City University, for which she won the annual prize. She has led a number of workshops and tutorials, including workshops for Spread The Word, the Northern Short Story Festival, the Leicester Writes festival and the LSE Literature Festival.

Catherine has won or been placed in a number of competitions, including the Fish, Bridport, London Short Story, Bare Fiction, Willesden Herald, Asian Writer, Leicester Writes, Winchester Writers Festival and Short Fiction Journal awards. Her work has been published in a number of literary journals, including The Good Journal and Asian Literary Review and has been broadcast on radio. She’s been a judge for several international short fiction competitions, including the Cambridge Short Story Prize, Leicester Writes and Hysteria competitions.

  • Areas of expertise: literary fiction, short stories
  • Location: north London
  • Possible meeting place: Finsbury Park Theatre Cafe
  • Catherine is on Twitter