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Karen Maitland (born 1956) is a British author of medieval thriller fiction. Maitland has an honours degree in Human Communication and doctorate in Psycholinguistics. Her works include The White Room published in 1996 by Yorkshire Art Circus; 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". Maitland is dyslexic and resides in the medieval city of Lincoln, not very far from Sherwood Forest. 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) The Raven's Head (2015) 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. "Company of Liars" was chosen as a Waterstone Book-of-the-Year "The Owl Killers" was a 2009 Shirley Jackson Award finalist Memberships Crime Writers' Association Historical Novel Society Society of Authors International Thriller Writers References External links Maitland's official website. Discover the Karen Maitland popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Karen Maitland books.
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The Witch of Eye
Mari GriffithA love that leads to treason . . .1435, England. Eleanor Cobham has married into the highest ranks of the aristocracy she is now the Duchess of Gloucester. She and her husband, th...
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The Handfasted Wife
Carol McGrath'Moving, and vastly informative, a real page turner of a historical novel' FAY WELDONThe first instalment in Carol McGrath's captivating The Daughters of Hastings trilogy!'This nov...
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Sword and Scimitar
Simon ScarrowSWORD AND SCIMITAR is the gripping tale of the Great Siege of Malta from Simon Scarrow, bestselling author of the Eagles of the Empire series. A must read for fans of Conn Iggulden...
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Chaos
A D SwanstonFebruary 1574 and London is in a fervour of paranoia, superstition and rumour. Mob violence is commonplace. A whispered word is all it takes to condemn a woman to burn as a witch.H...
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Root of the Tudor Rose
Mari Griffith1421: Henry V and his young bride, Catherine de Valois, are blessed with the birth of a son but their happiness is shortlived. Catherine is widowed and when her father, the French...
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I Married Madam
Daphne AdamsAnna has a blast making the rounds of North London dyke pubs with her best friend Joan, but it's no cure for the rut she's fallen into with her girlfriend, Vicky. Still, life gets ...
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The Betrothed Sister
Carol McGrath'The Betrothed Sister is like one of its own rich embroideries, cut from the cloth of history and stitched with strange and passionate lives' EMMA DARWINThe final instalment in Car...
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The Good Republic
William PalmerOpening in 1939, this novel spans 50 years and depicts the central character's life as a political emigre in a run down part of London. He is invited to return to his home city...
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The Swan-Daughter
Carol McGrath'A wise and lyrical evocation of the lives of women in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest... A captivating read' SARAH BOWERThe second instalment in Carol McGrath's captivating T...