Catherine Hanrahan

Catherine Hanrahan is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel Lost Girls and Love Hotels was a shortlisted finalist for the Rogers [Writers' Trust Fiction Prize] in 2007. The novel was based on her own experience living and working in Tokyo as an English teacher. She works now at Internationella [Engelska Skolan|IES] Enskede in Sweden as a teacher.
The novel was later optioned by Jean-Marc Vallée for adaptation as a feature film, which would have starred Kate Bosworth. The film was not made at that time, and it was not until 2017 that a new production was announced. Lost Girls & Love Hotels was written by Hanrahan, and directed by William Olsson.