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Kate Castle

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Born

in Epping, The United Kingdom

December 09, 1974

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https://www.kate-castle.com/

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Young Adult, Thriller, Romance

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May 2021

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Kate Castle is an English writer. She is best known as the author of the best-selling young adult adventure novel Girl Island - winner of two Golden Crown Literary Society 'Goldie' Awards (Debut Novel and Young Adult Fiction) and two Lesfic Bard Awards. Her next novels will be released in 2025: Letters From the Apocalypze - a young adult zombie apocalypse thriller - and The Coven - a dark, dystopian new adult adventure.

Kate's books fall into the young adult and new adult adventure, thriller, and horror categories and always feature a sapphic romance subplot. Kate is passionate about representing young LGBTQ+ females in mainstream literature and writes immersive, fast-paced stories populated with fierce, independent, queer young women - the ...more

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	Born of the Sea 3.86 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 2021 — 3 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
	The Nature of Love: A Poetry Collection Inspired by Nature 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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

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This Is How We Are Human

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They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)

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Kate Castle made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — This book is not mine, please move it (part 19) topic " Kate wrote: "Hi there - my new poetry collection book The Nature of Love is listed on another author's page with the same name as me (Kate Castle). Th ...more "
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Kate Castle liked Lucky Luc's review of Girl Island: "Every now and then a story comes along that alters my fundamental view of the world. A book so good it lingers long after I’ve read the final page. From its striking cover to it’s timelessness to Ms. Castle’s eloquent prose, Girl Island falls firmly " Read more of this review »
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