Who am I?
Cat Connor:
Crime-writer. Tequila drinker. Human. Partial to fruit cake. Based in the Wellington Region, New Zealand.

Or the official bio: Cat Connor is a multi-published crime thriller author celebrated for her razor-sharp plots, richly layered characters, and relentless pacing—the kind that keeps readers teetering on the edge of their seats. She wrote the widely loved Ellie Conway FBI crime thriller series (FBI-Byte Series) and is writing the homegrown Veronica Tracey Spy/PI novels, where New Zealand takes centre stage.

When she’s not offing characters with gleeful precision, Cat teaches crime writing through the Wellington Community Education Centre, bringing a wealth of real-world storytelling savvy straight to eager writers in terms 2 and 3 of the academic year.

Off the page and out of class, you’ll often find her with a mug of black coffee (and depending on the hour) a cheeky tequila on the side—because caffeine alone doesn’t slice deep enough. She revels in travel and dark humour. Patrick the tuxedo cat, and Dallas the Birman, and a red-point Birman called Johnny Cakes — are her spirited writing companions. (Sometimes far too spirited to have in the office.)

The best places to enter Cat’s world: killerbyte or [Nothing happens here]
(FYI: far cheaper than a coffee!)

Diesel the mastador crossed the rainbow bridge on Nov 1st 2025 aged 10.6.
Rest easy big guy, we’ve got it from here.

You can contact Cat on the form below (she loves to hear from readers!):