Cat Sebastian

Cat Sebastian is an American author who writes under the pen name. Sebastian is known for her work in queer Regency romances set in midcentury America. Sebastian won the 2024 LAMBDA Literary Award for Gay Romance for her novel, We Could Be So Good. Her 2026 novel, Star Shipped, made the USA Today Best Seller list.

Early life and education

Sebastian was born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.

Career

Sebastian had postpartum depression when her children were young. As a way to cope, Sebastian found solace in Regency Historical Romance novels by authors such as Georgette Heyer, Julia Quinn and Cecilia Grant, seeking a more "full-on escape". When she starting reading books by KJ Charles, she recognized that there was space for queer characters as well. The first book she wrote was 2016's The Soldier’s Scoundrel (Jack and Oliver). Sebastian began to expand out of the genre of Historical Romance novels when she wrote We Could Be So Good which won a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance in 2024. Her 2026 novel Star Shipped was her first in the Contemporary Romance genre.

Author Rachel Reid credits Sebastian as being the "turning point" in readers' discovery of Heated Rivalry, when Sebastian recommended the book on social media in 2019.

Novels

YEAR SERIES TITLE CIT
2016 Turner Series The Soldier’s Scoundrel (Jack and Oliver)
2017 The Lawrence Browne Affair (Lawrence and Georgie)
The Ruin of a Rake (Courtenay and Julian)
A Little Light Mischief (Molly and Alice)
2018 Regency Impostor Series Unmasked by the Marquess (Alistair and Charity)
2019 A Duke in Disguise (Verity and Ash)
2019 A Delicate Deception (Amelia and Sydney)
2017 Sedgewick Series It Takes Two to Tumble (Phillip and Ben)
2018 A Gentleman Never Keeps Score (Hartley and Sam)
2019 Page & Sommers Series Hither, Page
2022 The Missing Page
2020 Two Rogues Make a Right (Will and Martin)
2021 The Cabots Series Tommy Cabot Was Here
2021 Peter Cabot Gets Lost
2022 Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots
2023 Luke and Billy Finally Get a Clue
2021 The London Highwaymen The Queer Principles of Kit Webb
2022 The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes
2023 Midcentury NYC (The Chronicle books) We Could Be So Good
2024 You Should Be So Lucky
2026 Contemporary Romance Starshipped

References

  1. ↑ Mazza, Angelina (2026-03-12). "How Isaac Asimov Inspired a Star Romance Writer's Swoony New Novel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
  2. ↑ "2024 Winners". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
  3. ↑ "Star Shipped". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
  4. ↑ Dumpleton, Elise (2026-03-07). "Q&A: Cat Sebastian, Author of 'Star Shipped'". The Nerd Daily. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  5. ↑ Mazza, Angelina (2026-03-12). "How Isaac Asimov Inspired a Star Romance Writer's Swoony New Novel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  6. ↑ February 16, Kelly Faircloth |; 2018 | 5:05pm. "A Chat With Cat Sebastian About Writing Queer Characters in Historical Romance". Jezebel. Retrieved 2026-09-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Cat Sebastian Keeps Romance Fiction Cozy". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  8. ↑ Jacksonville Public Library (2024-01-04). Lit Chat with LGBTQ+ Historical Romance Author Cat Sebastian. Retrieved 2026-08-04 – via YouTube.
  9. ↑ WE COULD BE SO GOOD | Kirkus Reviews.
  10. ↑ Dumpleton, Elise (2026-03-07). "Q&A: Cat Sebastian, Author of 'Star Shipped'". The Nerd Daily. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  11. ↑ Mazza, Angelina (2025-12-19). "She Put the Heat in 'Heated Rivalry'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  12. ↑ THE SOLDIER'S SCOUNDREL | Kirkus Reviews.
  13. ↑ THE LAWRENCE BROWNE AFFAIR | Kirkus Reviews.
  14. ↑ THE RUIN OF A RAKE | Kirkus Reviews.
  15. ↑ Blakey, Michelle (2021-06-06). "A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian: Book Review · The Lesbian Review". The Lesbian Review. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  16. ↑ UNMASKED BY THE MARQUESS | Kirkus Reviews.
  17. ↑ Long and Short Reviews (2019-04-16). "A Duke in Disguise by Cat Sebastian". Long and Short Reviews. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  18. ↑ "A Delicate Deception by Cat Sebastian - Smart Bitches, Trashy Books". Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  19. ↑ Owens, Caz. "It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat Sebastian". All About Romance. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  20. ↑ "A Gentleman Never Keeps Score: Seducing the Sedgwicks". Historical Novel Society. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  21. ↑ "Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian - Smart Bitches, Trashy Books". Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  22. ↑ "Page & Sommers series Archives". All About Romance. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  23. ↑ Says, Cleo. "Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian - Smart Bitches, Trashy Books". Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  24. ↑ Heather (2022-06-14). "Tommy Cabot Was Here by Cat Sebastian". Not a Novel Concept. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  25. ↑ "After a lifetime of throwing away love and affection, maybe he had a surplus, and Caleb was welcome to it". Cannonball Read 18. 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  26. ↑ "Review – Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots". Nicky @ The Bibliophibian. 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  27. ↑ THE QUEER PRINCIPLES OF KIT WEBB | Kirkus Reviews.
  28. ↑ THE PERFECT CRIMES OF MARIAN HAYES | Kirkus Reviews.
  29. ↑ WE COULD BE SO GOOD | Kirkus Reviews.
  30. ↑ "We Talked To Cat Sebastian About Our Fave Queer Historical Romance Of The Summer". Scary Mommy. 2024-07-02. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  31. ↑ STAR SHIPPED | Kirkus Reviews.