Karen Healey | Chocolate in the Fruit Bowl

About Karen

Karen Healey is a young adult author living in Australia. She is the author of GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD and THE SHATTERING.

The Shattering

If you want to find out who murdered your brother, come with me.

At her boarding school in New Zealand, Ellie Spencer is like any ordinary teen: she hangs out with her best friend, Kevin; obsesses over her crush on a mysterious boy; and her biggest worry is her paper deadline. Then everything changes: In the foggy woods near the school, something ancient and deadly is waiting.

Contact

The best way to reach me is via email at karen@karenhealey.com

ARCs and Review Copies

If you’re a reviewer, online or off, and you would like a review copy, I would first like to thank you very much for your interest in my work! However, I can’t hand these out on request.

Instead, I suggest approaching my publishers (Allen and Unwin if you’re in Australia/New Zealand; Little, Brown if you’re anywhere else).

The Story Siren has some excellent advice for book bloggers seeking ARCs here.

Reviews

STARRED REVIEW: [T]he weirdness and excitement increase exponentially. … This story starts off fast and strong and just builds from there. – School Library Journal

STARRED REVIEW: [E]nticing and utterly unique. This captivating tale will have readers hiding under the covers with a trusty flashlight until they finish the last fascinating and heartfelt page. – VOYA

Fast-paced adventure and an unfamiliar, frightening enemy set a new scene for teen urban fantasy. – Kirkus Reviews

An original and exciting dark fantasy… enthusiastically recommended. – Bookseller + Publisher

[H]onest characterisation, solid writing and genuine danger … a highly intelligent debut. Karen Healey is clearly a name to watch. – Viewpoint

A gripping, myth-meets-mayhem, genre-mashing read. – The Melbourne Age

Healey’s prose is a notch above others writing in this genre. [A] breath of fresh air. – Booklist

Healey is a pleasure to read, with strong characters, a fast-paced story and an easy way with words. – Weekend Herald

Healey effortlessly weaves myth and legend with the modern world into a compelling, extremely readable story with a likable and believable heroine. – Southland Times

Guardian of the Dead will appeal to readers who are fans of young adult authors such as Holly Black and Libba Bray. And without a doubt, Healey will soon have many fans of her own. – BookPage

Guardian of the Dead is a fresh, original, unconventional debut novel from a promising new author. … pretty damn near flawless. – The Book Smugglers