Department of English
Katherine Chen
B.A. English, Princeton University, 2012 , M.F.A. Creative Writing, Boston University, 2022
Research Interests
Gender and Sexuality Studies, Literary and Cultural Theory, Race and Ethnicity, Romantic and Victorian, Studies in the Novel, Detective Fiction, Environmental Humanities
Biography
Katherine's research focuses on the role of weather prognostication in nineteenth-century Britain and the use of waste and “wasteland” in Victorian texts to explore space and landscape. She is the author of Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc, which was shortlisted for the 2023 American Library in Paris Book Award, and Mary B. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Literary Hub, and other publications. Her next book, under contract with Random House, will explore the complex sibling relationship between Morgan le Fay and Arthur.