Karen Maitland
All of the books on my list are new. Some of the books are already out, others are coming out shortly. A non-fiction book that has just been published is ‘A SECRET SISTERHOOD’ by Emily Midorikawa and Emma Clair Sweeney. I’ve read this one at the proof stage, but I am really going to enjoy rereading it. It’s about the suprising hidden literary friendships between Jane Austin and Anne Sharp, Charlotte Bronte and Mary Taylor, George Eliot and Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Wolf.
On my fiction list is 'A MASK OF SHADOWS' by Oscar de Muriel about the staging of Macbeth in 1889, when death strikes for real, but is it the old curse of the play or a human that lies behind it?
'Mr PRENDERGAST'S FANTASTIC FIND' by John Brassey, is a new comic novel about a retired bank clerk who thinks he’s discovered the find of a lifetime on ebay, if only he can get his hands on it.
Coming out in August is 'THE WOMAN IN THE SHADOWS' by Carol Mcgrath a historical novel about Thomas Cromwell’s wife Elizabeth. There have been a number of novels about Cromwell, but what was it like to be married to a man like him? And it seems his wife has her own secret past, which could cost Elizabeth her life in Henry VIII’s England.
Another historical novel to be published shortly which is also based on a true story is 'THE GOOD DOCTOR OF WARSAW' by Elisabeth Gifford, about the little-known hero of World War II, Dr Janusz Korczak, who tried to protect hundreds of orphaned children in the Warsaw ghetto.
Last but not least on my reading list is 'WOKEN', a collection of short stories by Sue Hampton. I loved her last anthology 'RAVELLED'. Her stories are so unusual and thought provoking, and because they are short, they're just perfect for a lazy summer’s afternoon in a deckchair.
On my fiction list is 'A MASK OF SHADOWS' by Oscar de Muriel about the staging of Macbeth in 1889, when death strikes for real, but is it the old curse of the play or a human that lies behind it?
'Mr PRENDERGAST'S FANTASTIC FIND' by John Brassey, is a new comic novel about a retired bank clerk who thinks he’s discovered the find of a lifetime on ebay, if only he can get his hands on it.
Coming out in August is 'THE WOMAN IN THE SHADOWS' by Carol Mcgrath a historical novel about Thomas Cromwell’s wife Elizabeth. There have been a number of novels about Cromwell, but what was it like to be married to a man like him? And it seems his wife has her own secret past, which could cost Elizabeth her life in Henry VIII’s England.
Another historical novel to be published shortly which is also based on a true story is 'THE GOOD DOCTOR OF WARSAW' by Elisabeth Gifford, about the little-known hero of World War II, Dr Janusz Korczak, who tried to protect hundreds of orphaned children in the Warsaw ghetto.
Last but not least on my reading list is 'WOKEN', a collection of short stories by Sue Hampton. I loved her last anthology 'RAVELLED'. Her stories are so unusual and thought provoking, and because they are short, they're just perfect for a lazy summer’s afternoon in a deckchair.
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Jackie
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Karen Maitland:
Hi Karen, have enjoyed your books for sometime. I belong to a charity group that runs "Meet the Author" sessions at Kennaway House Sidmouth .We have had some well known speakers including Margaret Drabble, Kate Moss and Fay Weldon. We are looking for authors for the future and wondered if you might be interested ? Jackie
Diana
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Karen Maitland:
Dear Karen, I have just finished the last book in the Daniel Pursglove series and enjoyed it tremendously. I have read almost all your other novels as well, and loved them all. Do you have anything new awaiting publication? I couldn’t find any information online and would love to read more from you. Diana
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