KRISTINA THORNTON writes fun and emotional romantic fiction full of self-discovery, friendship, and drama. Her second novel, Forty Going on Nineteen will be published in 2026 (Harpeth Road Press). Kristina’s first book, Claire Morris is Completely Lost (Northodox Press) was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Debut Romantic Novel Award 2025. In 2024, the debut novel was also a contender for the RNA’s Joan Hessayon Award. In the same year, the opening to Kristina’s third book was shortlisted for the RNA’s Elizabeth Goudge Trophy.

Her flash fictions have been published in anthologies and literary magazines. In 2023, her stories were featured in Flash Fiction Festival Five and Scratching the Sands – National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2023. 

She is a former BBC presenter and broadcast journalist, working in radio for seventeen years, before turning her attention to writing fiction. Kristina grew up in Doncaster and now lives in Derbyshire, England with her husband and two sons.