{"id":35272,"date":"2025-11-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=35272"},"modified":"2025-09-14T14:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T19:34:07","slug":"wotr26-authorinterview-kate-hawthorne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=35272","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR26 #authorinterview &#8211; Kate Hawthorne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WOTR26banner.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35088\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WOTR26banner.jpg?resize=300%2C157\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WOTR26banner.jpg?resize=300%2C157 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WOTR26banner.jpg?resize=1024%2C536 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WOTR26banner.jpg?resize=768%2C402 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WOTR26banner.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WOTR26banner.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kate Hawthorne<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kate-h.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35273\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kate-h.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kate-h.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kate-h.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kate-h.jpg?w=450 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>#WOTR26 Author Interviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Hi! I&#8217;m Kate Hawthorne and here is my official author bio: Kate Hawthorne (she\/her) is an author of character-driven LGBT romance, known for crafting emotionally intense stories with high heat and a kinky twist. Creating worlds where passion and angst collide, Kate\u2019s books bring you complex protagonists in fearless pursuit of self-exploration and happy\u2014if not sometimes unconventional\u2014endings for everyone.<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\nThe less official side of me would tell you my favorite color was green, I&#8217;ve been an avid reader since Kindergarten, I&#8217;m obsessed with rocks and the moon, and my favorite kind of karaoke is in the car.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you hear about this event?\u00a0 How many years have you attended?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">I don&#8217;t even remember how I found out about WOTR but I&#8217;m so glad I did!! 2021 was supposed to be my first year, but that didn&#8217;t happen before of covid, so I&#8217;ve been in person since 2022!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What genres do you write?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">I write kinky and contemporary LGBT+ romance&#8230;primarily MM, almost always angsty and almost always kinky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a book of yours you wish more people read?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Humbled! It&#8217;s the first book in my Trophy Doms Social Club series and it&#8217;s an age gap romance, which is one of my favorite tropes! It&#8217;s also a great place to start your journey with my backlist because it&#8217;s a jumping off point to go forward or backward!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is one fun fact about you?\u00a0 It can be anything like food allergy, fear of something, weird way you broke a bone&#8230;&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">I believe in ghosts!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your social links?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Find me on facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/authorkatehawthorne\">http:\/\/facebook.com\/authorkatehawthorne<\/a><br \/>\nIG &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/kate.hawthorne\">http:\/\/instagram.com\/kate.hawthorne<\/a><br \/>\nThreads &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/threads.net\/@kate.hawthorne\">http:\/\/threads.net\/@kate.hawthorne<\/a><br \/>\nPatreon &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/katehawthorne\">http:\/\/patreon.com\/katehawthorne<\/a><br \/>\nNewsletter &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katehawthornebooks.com\/extra\">http:\/\/www.katehawthornebooks.com\/extra<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your buy links?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/author.to\/katehawthorne\">http:\/\/author.to\/katehawthorne<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Hawthorne #WOTR26 Author Interviews Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself. Hi! I&#8217;m Kate Hawthorne and here is my official author bio: Kate Hawthorne (she\/her) is an author of character-driven LGBT romance, known for crafting emotionally intense stories with high heat and a kinky twist. 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