The Shattering Cookie: Keri and her mum.
Hello, internets! For your next The Shattering cookie you said you wanted Keri hanging out with her family, and you shall have it! Mild spoiler warnings, of course. I got home just as Mum was leaving for work. “Morning, Keri. How was dinner?” “Good,” I said. “The snapper was good.” “Oh, lovely. Is Janna’s friend nice?” “Yeah. Bit flash, maybe. He’s staying at the Chancellor.” Mum nodded, a gesture that might have meant she wasn’t paying attention, but could equally have meant she was taking it all in for use at some later date. “Your dad called while you were out....
read moreNEW The Shattering Cover!
NOTE: THIS ENTIRE POST IS LIES. Which I mention because apparently a bookstore contacted my publicist to see if the cover had really changed. Hi Interwebs! I have a confession to make. You see, after a lot of discussion, Allen and Unwin decided to go with a new cover design for the Australian version of The Shattering. They went with a new designer, RC Fleming, and a really different take on the book. I’ve been sitting on this for a while, DYING to let you all see. And today, I finally get to unveil the new cover design to you! This design really speaks to the lighter side of the...
read moreTales for Canterbury
Internets, I have not told you of Tales for Canterbury! How very remiss of me. Tales for Canterbury is an anthology of original short stories and reprints by writers from inside and outside New Zealand. All proceeds are going to the New Zealand Red Cross Earthquake Appeal, to aid people in the stricken city. None of the contributors nor the editors are getting paid. Editors Anna Caro and Cassie Hart started putting the anthology together the day after the earthquake, and the response has been incredible. So much so that they opened pre-orders for the anthology one month after the quake. If...
read moreMutant Tastes.
I plan to make the terrifying Schadenfreude Pie for Christmas dinner – if there were ever a better time for a pie composed entirely of sugar and fat, I don’t know it – and of course ran into manifold difficulties acquiring the ingredients.
read moreGetting My Girly Geek On
Internets, as you know, since I address you constantly as "internets", I occasionally like to get my geek on. For "occasionally", let us read "all the time".
read moreTeenagers With Bite
I recently wrote a two-part article on why vampires in young adult fiction are awesome, with a selection of some of my recent favourites.
read moreAbout Karen
Karen Healey is a young adult novelist. She is the author of the urban fantasies GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD and THE SHATTERING, both set in New Zealand, and the forthcoming sci-fi adventure WHEN WE WAKE. GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD won the 2010 Aurealis Award for Best YA Novel and was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award. Karen can tell you a lot about baking, covers of "Hallelujah" and superhero comics.
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