Draft:Cat Sebastian

Cat Sebastian was born in New Jersey.^[1] Prior to her career as a writer, she was a lawyer and a teacher.^[1]

Sebastian began "seriously writing" in her 30s.^[2] Her debut novel, The Soldier's Scoundrel was published in 2016 by Avon Impulse.

Unmasked by the Marquess, the first book in Sebastian's "Regency Imposter" series, is a reimagining of Frederica by Georgette Heyer.^[3]: 250 It Takes Two to Tumble was loosely inspired by The Sound of Music.^[3]: 253

Two Rogues Make a Right was a finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance.^[4]

The Queer Principles of Kitt Webb, set during the Georgian era and featuring a romance between a highwayman and an aristocrat, was released on June 8th 2021.^[5] The second novel in her "London Highwayman" series, The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes, was published the following year.^[6]

In 2024, her novel We Could be So Good won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance.^[7] It was also named one of the "Best Romances of 2023" by The New York Times,^[8] and featured in their "100 Notable Books of 2023" list.^[9]

She is the mother of three children^[10] and lives in the south of the United States.^[2] She has previously lived in New York and Arizona.^[1] Sebastian identifies as queer.^[10]