Everybody Has Everything (Onstad) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—N/A
• Where—Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Education—B.A., McGill University; M.A. University
   of Toronto
• Currently—lives in Toronto, Ontario


Katrina Onstad’s second novel, Everybody Has Everything, came out in Canada in 2012 and in the U.S. in 2013. Her first novel, How Happy to Be, was met with critical acclaim in 2006.

Katrina is also a freelance writer whose work on culture high and low appears in publications including the New York Times Magazine, Guardian and Elle. Katrina has a column in the Saturday Style section of the national paper Globe and Mail and is a regular contributor to Toronto Life magazine. At CBC.ca, she was head film critic and an on-line arts producer.

Born and raised in Vancouver, B.C., Katrina has an English degree from McGill and a Master’s from University of Toronto. She lives in Toronto with her family.

Katrina is a National Magazine Award winner in Canada for Arts Writing, and has been nominated several times, including as Best Columnist for her work in Chatelaine. In 2008, Katrina was a finalist for an American National Magazine Award in the Essay category for an article about high school sex scandals and female desire that ran in Elle.
Other Media

Katrina’s work in non-print media includes reading and hosting at the Harbourfront International Festival of Authors; frequent appearances on CBC radio and television; TVO’s Saturday Night at the Movies and The Agenda; hosting events for the Toronto International Film Festival Group; and co-hosting the national film review show Reel to Real. She also does speaking and teaching engagements, and is a writer-for-hire. (From the author's website.)