Karen Maitland

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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. [1]

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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]

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Stand alone novels

Medieval Murderers

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References

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  2. "Karen Maitland". Fantasticfiction.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  3. Shirley, The (12 July 2010). "The Shirley Jackson Awards Blog: Karen Maitland Interview (with Charles Tan)". Shirleyjacksonawards.blogspot.com. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  4. 1 2 Raffel, Keith (19 February 2009). "The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland Archives – The Big Thrill". Thrillerwriters.org. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  5. Upcoming4.me (15 April 2014). "The Vanishing Witch by Karen Maitland cover art and synopsis". Upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. Upcoming4.me (9 October 2014). "The Raven's Head by Karen Maitland cover art and synopsis". Upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)