Cate Touryan
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Cate Touryan

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Cate Touryan's storytelling is deeply rooted in coasts—from the Mediterranean coast of her birth to the Central California coast, where she lives near the beach that inspired her first award-winning novel. With a career in education and editing, she brings a lyrical, literary voice to her work.

When she's not writing, she enjoys walking the seaside trails, reading old classics and discovering new ones, conjuring joy with loved ones, and looking for stars to put in her pocket. Both her fiction and creative nonfiction are marked by rich atmosphere, compassion for conflicted characters, and a faith that sees the invisible.

Her debut novel, "Turning Toward Eden," won the 2025 IAN Book of the Year Award (Cross Genre), the 2026 Gold Medal in the Illumination Book Awards (General Fiction), and the 2026 Silver Medal in the IPPY Awards (Best First Book--Juv/YA).

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