Karen Maitland Explained

Karen Maitland (born 1956) is a British author of medieval thriller fiction. Maitland has an honours degree in Human Communication and doctorate in Psycholinguistics.^[1]

Her works include The White Room published in 1996 by Yorkshire Art Circus;^[2] Company of Liars published in 2008 by Delacorte Press; and The Owl Killers, published in 2009 by Michael Joseph. The Gallows' Curse was published by Penguin Books in March 2011.

She has co-written several titles in the Medieval Murderers series with medieval crime writers including Bernard Knight, Ian Morson, Susanna Gregory, and Philip Gooden. She has worked as a writer and editor on a number of cross-cultural books including "Poems of Cultural Diversity" and "Cinders in the Wind".^[1] Maitland is dyslexic and resides in the medieval city of Lincoln, not very far from Sherwood Forest.^{[3] [4]}

Bibliography

Stand alone novels

• The White Room (1996)
• Company of Liars (2008)
• The Owl Killers (2009)
• The Gallows Curse (2011)
• The Falcons of Fire and Ice (2012)
• The Vanishing Witch (2014)^[5]
• The Raven's Head (2015)^[6]
• The Plague Charmer (2016)
• A Gathering of Ghosts (2018)

Medieval Murderers

• The Sacred Stone (2010)
  (Written with Bernard Knight, Ian Morson, Susanna Gregory and Philip Gooden)
• Hill of Bones (2011)
• The False Virgin (2013)
• The Deadliest Sin (2014)

Awards

• "The White Room", was short listed for The Authors' Club Best First Novel Award.^[1]
• "Company of Liars" was chosen as a Waterstone Book-of-the-Year^[4]
• "The Owl Killers" was a 2009 Shirley Jackson Award finalist

Memberships

• Crime Writers' Association
• Historical Novel Society
• Society of Authors
• International Thriller Writers

External links

• Maitland's official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Karen Maitland . Hilaryjohnson.demon.co.uk . 25 March 2011.
2. Web site: Karen Maitland . Fantasticfiction.co.uk . 25 March 2011.
3. Web site: Shirley . The . The Shirley Jackson Awards Blog: Karen Maitland Interview (with Charles Tan) . Shirleyjacksonawards.blogspot.com . 12 July 2010 . 25 March 2011.
4. Web site: Raffel . Keith . The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland Archives – The Big Thrill . Thrillerwriters.org . 19 February 2009 . 25 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120103144656/http://www.thrillerwriters.org/2009/02/the-owl-killers-by-karen-maitland.html . 3 January 2012 . dead .
5. Web site: Upcoming4.me . The Vanishing Witch by Karen Maitland cover art and synopsis . Upcoming4.me . 15 April 2014 . 22 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140426114221/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/the-vanishing-witch-by-karen-maitland-cover-art-and-synopsis . 26 April 2014 . dead .
6. Web site: Upcoming4.me . The Raven's Head by Karen Maitland cover art and synopsis . Upcoming4.me . 9 October 2014 . 10 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141016044956/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/the-ravens-head-by-karen-maitland-cover-art-and-synopsis . 16 October 2014 . dead .