Karen Maitland

'''Karen Maitland''' (born 1956) is a [[British literature|British author]] of [[medieval]] [[thriller fiction]]. Maitland has an honours degree in Human Communication and doctorate in [[Psycholinguistics]].<ref name="hilaryjohnson.demon.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.hilaryjohnson.demon.co.uk/KarenMaitland.htm |title=Karen Maitland |publisher=Hilaryjohnson.demon.co.uk |accessdate=25 March 2011 |archive-date=9 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009175830/http://www.hilaryjohnson.demon.co.uk/KarenMaitland.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Her works include ''[[The White Room (novel)|The White Room]]'' published in 1996 by [[Yorkshire Art Circus]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/karen-maitland/ |title=Karen Maitland |publisher=Fantasticfiction.co.uk |accessdate=25 March 2011}}</ref> ''[[Company of Liars]]'' published in 2008 by [[Delacorte Press]]; and ''[[The Owl Killers]]'', published in 2009 by [[Michael Joseph (publisher)|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".<ref name="hilaryjohnson.demon.co.uk"/> Maitland is [[dyslexic]] and resides in the medieval city of [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], not very far from [[Sherwood Forest]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Shirley |first=The |url=https://shirleyjacksonawards.blogspot.com/2010/07/karen-maitland-interview-with-charles.html |title=The Shirley Jackson Awards Blog: Karen Maitland Interview (with Charles Tan) |publisher=Shirleyjacksonawards.blogspot.com |date=12 July 2010 |accessdate=25 March 2011}}</ref><ref name="thrillerwriters.org">{{cite web |last=Raffel |first=Keith |url=http://www.thrillerwriters.org/2009/02/the-owl-killers-by-karen-maitland.html |title=The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland Archives – The Big Thrill |publisher=Thrillerwriters.org |date=19 February 2009 |accessdate=25 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103144656/http://www.thrillerwriters.org/2009/02/the-owl-killers-by-karen-maitland.html |archive-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==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)<ref>{{cite web |last=Upcoming4.me |url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/the-vanishing-witch-by-karen-maitland-cover-art-and-synopsis |title=The Vanishing Witch by Karen Maitland cover art and synopsis |publisher=Upcoming4.me |date=15 April 2014 |accessdate=22 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426114221/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/the-vanishing-witch-by-karen-maitland-cover-art-and-synopsis |archive-date=26 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''The Raven's Head'' (2015)<ref>{{cite web |last=Upcoming4.me |url=http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/the-ravens-head-by-karen-maitland-cover-art-and-synopsis |title=The Raven's Head by Karen Maitland cover art and synopsis |publisher=Upcoming4.me |date=9 October 2014 |accessdate=10 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016044956/http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/the-ravens-head-by-karen-maitland-cover-art-and-synopsis |archive-date=16 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''The Plague Charmer'' (2016) * ''A Gathering of Ghosts'' (2018) '''Medieval Murderers''' * ''The Sacred Stone'' (2010)<br><small>(Written with [[Bernard Knight]], Ian Morson, [[Susanna Gregory]] and Philip Gooden)</small> * ''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.<ref name="hilaryjohnson.demon.co.uk"/> * "Company of Liars" was chosen as a Waterstone Book-of-the-Year<ref name="thrillerwriters.org"/> * "The Owl Killers" was a 2009 [[Shirley Jackson Award]] finalist

==Memberships== * [[Crime Writers' Association]] * [[Historical Novel Society]] * [[Society of Authors]] * [[International Thriller Writers]]

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== *[https://www.karenmaitland.com Maitland's official website]

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