Kateřina Tučková is a Czech author, playwright, publicist, art historian, and curator of exhibitions.

She has won several literary awards, including the Magnesia Litera Award and the Czech Bestseller Award. She was awarded the Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights Award by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes in 2017 and received Czech State Award for Literature in 2022. She also received the Premio Libro d’Europa at the Book Fair in Salerno, Italy.
Her books have been translated into twenty-two languages.