meredith katz
Author, editor, game designer
Meredith Katz (she/they, nonbinary lesbian) lives in Vancouver, Canada with her lovely wife Aveline Reynard and their beautiful nonsense cats. She is the author of several novels and novellas, including The Cybernetic Tea Shop and the Rainbow Awards “Best Debut Lesbian Book” award winner 2016, Beauty and Cruelty.
Meredith was previously published by Less Than Three Press and has re-released their books independently as Soft Cryptid Books.
Meredith has worked as a Narrative Designer, Technical Writer, Lead Game Designer, and Game Writer over the last fifteen years, and has an M.A. in English Literature.
They love tea, monsters, and sweet things that go bump in the night.
Media, freelancing & inquiries:
Meredith is open to TTRPG freelancing opportunities and is available for author interviews, and podcast appearances. For inquiries, please contact: meredith.allison.katz@gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter!
Publications
Novels & Novellas
If Wishes Were Fishes, 2020 • Only Human, 2018 • How Saeter Robbed the Underworld, 2018 • Smoke Signals, 2017 • Empty Vessels, 2017 • Hair to the Throne, 2017 • Behind Bars, 2017 • The Cobbler’s Soleless Son, 2016 • The Cybernetic Tea Shop, 2016 • Beauty and Cruelty, 2015
Short Stories
Bookworm, The No Sleep Podcast s13e21, 2019 • Escape, Haunted Waters Press, From the Depths 2017 No. 15
TTRPG Writing & Editing
Unannounced game guide, Spire RPG, Rowan Rook & Decard, Writer, Date TBA (forthcoming)
The Chronicles of Exandria Vol 1, Darrington Press, Copy Editor & Proofreader, May 2023
Till the Last Gasp, Darrington Press, Writer & Editor, Feb/March 2023
Came Back Wrong: A GM-Less 1-Page RPG, #1pRPGjam, Creator, 2023
Null Value, Shadowrun, Catalyst Game Labs, Editor, 2023
Getting Head: A Dullahan Seduction TTRPG, #HotHorrorJam2019, Creator, 2019
Silver Age Sentinels, Guardians of Order, Editor, 2002
Ultimate Fan Guides (Serial Experiments Lain, Trigun 1 & 2, Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure) Guardians of Order, Editor, 2002
Big Eyes, Small Mouth, Revised Second Edition, Guardians of Order, Playtester, 2002
The Sailor Moon Role–Playing Game & Resource Book, Guardians of Order, Playtester, 1998
Awards
Rainbow Awards 2016: 1st Debut Lesbian Book (Beauty and Cruelty)
Rainbow Awards 2016: 2nd Best Lesbian Fantasy Romance (Beauty and Cruelty)
Rainbow Awards 2018-2019: 1st Bisexual Fantasy Romance (How Saeter Robbed the Underworld)
Rainbow Awards 2018-2019: 3rd Best Gay Fantasy Romance (Smoke Signals)
Rainbow Awards 2018-2019: Runner-Up Best Gay Book (Empty Vessels)
Engen Books’ Kit Sora Flash Fiction Contest, May 2019: Runner-Up (Untitled)
Portrait art by spookynest.