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Katherine Johnson is the author of three novels: Pescador's Wake (Fourth Estate 2009), The Better Son (Ventura Press 2016), and Matryoshka (Ventura Press 2018). Her fourth novel, Paris Savages (Ventura Press 2019), was shortlisted in the ABIA Awards 2020 and will be published in the UK by Allison and Busby (July 2020). Katherine, born in Brisbane, Queensland, now lives in Tasmania where she has worked as a science journalist and lives on a clifftop at the edge of the bush with her husband and two children. Her non-fiction articles have been published internationally.

Pescador's Wake won a HarperCollins Varuna Award for Manuscript Development in 2007.

The Better Son tells the story of a family yearning for love but layered with secrets, and t ...more

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	The Better Son 4.03 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paris Savages 3.92 avg rating — 154 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Pescador's Wake 3.58 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unti Katherine Johnson Memoir by Katherine Johnson (Goodreads Author), Joylette Hylick, Katherine Moore 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History by Blair Imani (Goodreads Author), Tegan Quin (Contributor)(Foreword), Sara Quin (Contributor)(Foreword) 4.27 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	HerStory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World by Katherine Halligan, Malala Yousafzai (Contributor)(Introduction), Sarah Walsh (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Writing that second novel

There has been a lot said about writing a second novel, and I do agree the challenges are unique . There is more expectation - to be perhaps better than the first book, to be in the same vein but to go further, to be wiser, less self-conscious, more assured...

It's no surprise then, that the inner critic sits more firmly on your shoulder, the second time around. Sometimes, it morphs into the outer Read more of this blog post »

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