Kathryn Rossati is a neurodivergent (AuDHD) and disabled novelist and poet. She has written many books for children and young adults, and her poetry focuses on themes of nature, neurodiversity, disability, and love.
She lives on the Isle of Wight with her husband, parrot, and budgie, and loves going for woodland walks (when her body allows), painting with watercolour and gouache, and drinking rooibos, jasmine, and liquorice tea.
Publication History
Published by Next Chapter Publishing:
Half-Wizard Thordric trilogy, (under the penname Kathryn Wells), MG fantasy:
– Unofficial Detective, 2017
– Accidental Archaeologist, 2018
– Unseasoned Adventurer, 2018
The Door Between Worlds (under the penname Kathryn Wells), MG fantasy, 2018
A Book for Pandora, full poetry collection, 2019
When the Bard Came Visiting, short story collection, 2019
The Origin Stone (initially published by Nuff Said Publishing until their closure), YA speculative fiction, 2019
Nekromancer’s Cage, MG fantasy, 2020
The Curse of Earthias, fantasy, 2020
If We Could Hold Up The Sky, full poetry collection, 2021
Magic! Hissed The Little Demons, full poetry collection, 2021
Wings In A Wounded Sky, MG fantasy, 2022
Cosmic Witch, YA sci-fi fantasy, early 2024 (New Year release)
Little Tales: Poems For Kids, full poetry collection, 2025
Published by The Book Guild:
Naturally Nic/k, middle grade time travel/historical, February 2025.
Vampyr, Ghost, Assassin, middle grade fantasy, upcoming August 2026
Published by Lemon Jelly Press:
Roar/Raw, poetry collection, September 2025
Published by Naked Figleaf Press:
A Year of Wild Verse, poetry collection, March 2026
Miscellaneous:
‘How To Edit Fiction’, guest blog for Cook Publishing, 2019
‘The Sweet Yet Bitter,’ short story for ‘Flight’, an anthology by Elephant’s Bookshelf Press, 2019
‘Sprouting Fire’, short story for Snowdrops In Springtime, an anthology of hope by Queen Anne’s Lace Publishing, 2025
Various individual poems published in The Figlet Literary Magazine, issues Four (2025) and Five (2026)
Flash fiction published in Brevity, a literary handbill, summer 2025, and a single poem published in Brevity in 2020.
‘Exploring Bouldnor Forest’, poetry collection, commissioned in 2025 by the Isle of Wight National Landscape for their Nature Calling: Absorb and Respond project.
‘Reflections on accessing nature from a neurodivergent and disabled perspective: An Essay in Three Poems’, commissioned in 2025 by the Isle of Wight National Landscape for their Nature Calling: Absorb and Respond project.
‘An Essay About A Graveyard’, non-fiction, published in Isle of Wight Biosphere anthology Where Words and Wildlife Meet, released by Naked Figleaf Press, 2026.