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Ken Catran


Born
May 16, 1944


Ken Catran is a children's novelist and television screenwriter from New Zealand. He is the author of many teen novels, including Taken at the Flood, Voyage with Jason, Doomfire on Venus, Space Wolf, Talking to Blue and its sequel Blue Murder. He is perhaps best known for his Deepwater trilogy series ...more

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Average rating: 3.6 · 1,028 ratings · 126 reviews · 55 distinct works • Similar authors
Deepwater Black (Deepwater,...
4.29 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions
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Talking to Blue
3.63 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions
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Smiling Jack
3.53 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Deepwater Landing (Deepwate...
4.11 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
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Deepwater Angels (Deepwater...
3.86 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
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Blue Murder
3.56 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
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Nina of the Dark
2.80 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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Earth Dragon, Fire Hare
3.58 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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Voyage with Jason
3.49 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions
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Blue Blood
3.39 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions
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Series by Ken Catran

Deepwater Black Deepwater Landing Deepwater Angels
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Talking to Blue Blue Murder Blue Blood
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3.56 avg rating — 191 ratings

Nina of the Dark Nina Questor
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2.83 avg rating — 78 ratings

Jacko Moran: Trench Fighter Robert Moran, Private Teresa Moran: Soldier
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3.98 avg rating — 49 ratings

Doomfire on Venus The Ghosts of Triton Shadow of Phobos
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3.28 avg rating — 47 ratings

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“I hate funerals.”
― Ken Catran, Smiling Jack
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