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Kate Danley is a USA TODAY Bestselling author and twenty-five year veteran of stage and screen with a B.S. in theatre from Towson University. She was one of four students to be named a Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the Arts.
Her debut novel, The Woodcutter (published by 47North), was honored with the Garcia Award for the Best Fiction Book of the Year, 1st Place Fantasy Book in the Reader Views Literary Awards, and the winner of the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Her book Maggie for Hire hit the USA Today Bestselling list as part of the boxed set Magic After Dark. The series is currently under option for film and television development. Queen Mab was honored with the McDougall Previews Award for Best Fantasy Book of the Year and was named the 1st Place Fantasy Book in the Reader Views Reviewers Choice Awards. Her short story "Galatea and Pygmalion" was a part of the Utopia Award Winning Anthology of the Year Once Upon A Kiss.
Her plays have been produced internationally. Building Madness, a 1930s screwball comedy, won the prestigious Panowski Playwriting Award 2016 and is currently in development for a West End run. Bureaucrazy was a semi-finalist in the O'Neills. Power was the overall winner of RENEGADE N.O.W. THEATER FESTIVAL 2017. Kings of the World won 3rd Place in the 10x10x10 Festival. Her screenplay Fairy Blood won 1st Place in the Breckenridge Festival of Film Screenwriting Competition in the Action/Adventure Category and her screenplay American Privateer was a 2nd Round Choice in the Carl Sautter Memorial Screenwriting Competition. She is one of the founders of the Seattle Playwrights Salon.
Her scripts The Playhouse, Dog Days, Sock Zombie, SuperPout, and Sports Scents can be seen in festivals and on the internet. She trained in on-camera puppetry with Mr. Snuffleupagus and recently played the head of a 20-foot dinosaur on an NBC pilot. She has over 300+ film, theatre, and television credits to her name.
She lost on Hollywood Squares.