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Kat Dunn is the author of HUNGERSTONE (2025), BITTERTHORN, and the Battalion of the Dead trilogy:
DANGEROUS REMEDY, MONSTROUS DESIGN and GLORIOUS POISON.

She grew up in London and has lived in Japan, Australia and France.

She has a BA in Japanese from SOAS and an MA in English from Warwick. She’s written about mental health for Mind and The Guardian, and worked as a translator for Japanese television.

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	Hungerstone 3.93 avg rating — 26,398 ratings — published 2025 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitterthorn 3.88 avg rating — 6,638 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dangerous Remedy (Battalion of the Dead, #1) 3.48 avg rating — 1,458 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monstrous Design (Battalion of the Dead, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Taste of Darkness: 13 Spooky Stories to Savour by Amy McCaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor & Contributor), Maria Kuzniar (Editor & Contributor), Kat Dunn (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glorious Poison (Battalion of the Dead, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battalion of the Dead Series 3 Books Collection Set By Kat Dunn 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Hello! I wrote this and I think it's quite good. As a writer you always hope you get better with each book, and I hope that's what I've done here. Sapphic, gothic and from the heart, just as Bitterthorn was, Hungerstone is a darker, harsher story and ...more
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“To be a woman is a horror I can little comprehend.”
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“It is terrible to be alive. But it is worse to be dead to ourselves.”
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“I do not need to contain my appetites.

What is a monster but a creature of agency?”
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