ERIKA KATHRYN is an Award-Winning Author & Screenwriter. She's the creator of The Angel Archives series that won a 2026 International Impact Book Award, a BookFest Award, & a Literary Titan Book Award. She's also won awards for her Film Screenplays & Television Pilots (listed below).
Her grandparents were super Swedish, so she infuses the unique Swedish folklore into many of her stories. While she went to East Carolina University to study Serial Killers and Interned as a U.S. Marshal, she fell in love with Writing there. So naturally, when she graduated, she pursued... Marketing. Kathryn has been working for 10 years as a Marketing Manager for two Performing Arts Theatres. She also has a Stage Play published by Next Stage Press.
She's a proud member of The Authors Guild.
Most importantly, you can follow her two French Bulldog babies on Instagram here: @TheFrenchieLott
Winner:
- Winner, Nashville Film Festival Pitch Competition 2022 with GLOBES
- Winner of Grand Jury Award, New York International Film Awards™ - NYIFA with THE SWEDISH SAINT
- Winner of Best Web Series/TV Pilot, London Independent Film Awards 2022 with GLOBES
Finalist:
- Semifinalist, Stage 32+Evoke Entertainment 2026 Romantic Comedy Screenwriting Contest with THE CHEATER EATER
- Semifinalist, Table Read My Screenplay Competition (Spring 2024) with KRALIENS
- Semifinalist, PAGE Awards - PAGE International Awards Competition 2023 with INKED
- Semifinalist, Stage 32 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenwriting Contest 2023 with KRALIENS
- Semifinalist, The Script Lab - TSL Free Screenplay Contest 2023 with THE CHRISTMAS CAUSE
- Semifinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards 2022 Spring with THE SWEDISH SAINT
- Semifinalist, Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition 2023 with THE CHEATER EATER
- Semifinalist, Wiki Screenplay Contest January 2025 with KRALIENS
- Semifinalist, Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Competition 2025 with KRALIENS
- Semifinalist, SWN Screenplay Competition 2020 with GLOBES
- Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2024 with KRALIENS
- Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2022 with THE SWEDISH SAINT
- Second Rounder, ISA Fast Track Fellowship 2022 with THE SWEDISH SAINT
- Quarterfinalist, PAGE Awards - PAGE International Awards Competition 2022 with THE SWEDISH SAINT
- Quarterfinalist, Final Draft - Big Break 2022 with THE SWEDISH SAINT
- Quarterfinalist, The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards 2025 with KRALIENS
- Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition 2022 with THE SWEDISH SAINT
- Quarterfinalist, The Script Lab - TSL Free Screenplay Contest 2020 with THE SWEDISH SAINT
- Quarterfinalist, Script Summit 2023 with INKED
- Top 15%, Academy Nicholl Fellowships 2022 with THE SWEDISH SAINT
- In 2023, Erika had FOUR different Screenplays Top Coverfly's RED LISTS - The Christmas Cause, Globes, Kraliens, and Inked
Winner:
- Winner of International Impact Book Award 2026 with Angel of Ashes
- Winner of a BookFest Award 2026 with Angel of Ashes
- Winner of Literary Titan Book Award 2026 with Angel of Ashes
Finalist:
- Finalist Book Cover Award from The Wishing Shelf Book Awards in the UK, for Angel of Ashes in 2026