The South Carolina Review

Associate Editor Cathcart publishes debut novel

South Carolina Review Associate Editor Will Cathcart’s debut, genre-defying novel This Is How People Die will be published by Evening Post Books on Tuesday, April 28.

A Charleston native and international journalist, Will Cathcart sets This Is How People Die between a modern sanitarium in downtown Charleston and the shadowed edges of Europe and the Republic of Georgia. The novel follows Scoot and Hannah—cystic fibrosis patients who have outlived their expiration dates and every expectation that comes with being alive.

Will Cathcart will celebrate the publication of This Is How People Die with a public launch event at the Charleston Library Society on May 14, 2026. Tickets and additional details are available at charlestonlibrarysociety.org.

Pre-order: https://www.eveningpostbooks.com/products/coming-soon-this-is-how-people-die