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Emily Koch

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Emily Koch is an award-winning writer living in Bristol, UK, with her husband and daughters.

She is the author of three novels: If I Die Before I Wake, Keep Him Close and What July Knew.

Her books have been shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award, longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, and selected as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. The French translation of If I Die Before I Wake also won the inaugural crime fiction prize, Prix du Bureau des Lecteurs, in 2021.

If I Die Before I Wake was described as ‘a debut to be reckoned with’ (Guardian), and others have called her work ‘exhilarating’ (Daily Mail), ‘twisty, emotional and addictive’ (The Sun) and ‘tense drama’ (The Times). Watersto
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Drafting a New Story: My Fourth Novel in Progress

It’s been a while since I posted here, so time for a quick update! I’ve been quiet, but definitely not idle - I’m deep into my next book.

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If I Die Before I Wake

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Keep Him Close

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“I’d like you to think about whether it’s important to know where you come from, to work out who you are yourself.”
Emily Koch, What July Knew

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