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Karen Maitland lives in the beautiful medieval city of Lincoln and has a doctorate in psycholinguists. She is fascinated by the myth and magic of the Middle Ages, which she draws on for her novels. She experienced the medieval lifestyle for real, when she worked for eighteen months in a rural village in Nigeria, living without electricity, plumbing or sanitation.

Her first medieval thriller was 'Company of Liars', was set at the time of the Black Death in 1348. This was followed by 'The Owl Killers', about the beguinages, the medieval cities of women. 'The Gallows Curse' is set in the reign of bad King John and 'Falcons of Fire and Ice', which is a dark thriller, set in Portugal during the Inquisition and Iceland at the time of the Reformat...more


I’ve just returned from taking part in the fantastic Scarborough Literary Festival as one of the Medieval Murderers. I was amazed at the brilliant organisation and the warm welcome that all the festival team gave to the authors. I was even met at the railway station and guided to the wonderful hotel where the staff could not have been more helpful or kind. Thank you so, so much to everyone at t... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.77 · 6,013 ratings · 985 reviews · 10 distinct works · Similar authors
Company Of Liars
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 3,962 ratings — published 2008 — 25 editions
The Owl Killers
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 1,269 ratings — published 2009 — 17 editions
The Gallows Curse
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 543 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
The Falcons of Fire and Ice
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions
The White Room
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1996
Vanishing Witch
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“You've heard tales of beauty and the beast. How a fair maid falls in love with a monster and sees the beauty of his soul beneath the hideous visage. But you've never heard the tale of the handsome man falling for the monstrous woman and finding joy in her love, because it doesn't happen, not even in a story-teller's tale.”
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Karen Maitland Liza wrote: "Hi Karen,
Just to let you know I finished The Gallows Curse last night and LOVED it as much as the others. I'll post a review here and on Amazon, after it appears in Words with Jam magazine.
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Thanks Liza. It was so kind of you to read and I am so thrilled that you enjoyed it. It was a strange book to write as so many things popped up in that I didn't plan. I was walking down that underground passage in my head and saw things in the cages I really wasn't expecting as I wrote. I don't know if that happens to you when you write.


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Liza Perrat Hi Karen,
Just to let you know I finished The Gallows Curse last night and LOVED it as much as the others. I'll post a review here and on Amazon, after it appears in Words with Jam magazine.
Cheers,
Liza


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Karen Maitland Michael wrote: "Hello again Karen, An excellent book I have just finished is 'All That I Am' by Anna Funder. It's a brilliant and challenging book to read. A book that needed to be written and needs to be read. It..."

Thanks Michael. It sounds really interesting. I suppose I've been much preoccupied these last couple of years with research on the Inquisition and Reformation for 'Falcons of Fire & Ice'. Similiar situations in many ways to Nazi Germany. The evil man is capable of and the extraordinary courage people can demonstrate in the face of evil, never ceases to fill me with awe. I am always left asking the question about what I'd have done if I'd lived through that. Sounds like a book I must read, thank you.


Michael John Hello again Karen, An excellent book I have just finished is 'All That I Am' by Anna Funder. It's a brilliant and challenging book to read. A book that needed to be written and needs to be read. It's all about a group of people living in Germany at the time that Hitler came to power. How they struggled to tell the world of his evil and yet struggled to be believed.
Michael


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