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Kat Heckenbach

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http://www.katheckenbach.com

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Nonfiction

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September 2009

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Kat Heckenbach grew up in the small town of Riverview, Florida, where she spent most of her time either drawing or sitting in her “reading tree” with her nose buried in a fantasy novel…except for the hours pretending her back yard was an enchanted forest that could only be reached through the secret passage in her closet… She never could give up on the idea that maybe she really was magic, mistakenly placed in a world not her own…but as the years passed, and no elves or fairies carted her away…she realized she was just going to have to create the life of her fantasies. She shares that life with her husband and two homeschooling kids.

Kat is a graduate of the University of Tampa, Magna Cum Laude, B.S. in Biology. She spent several years teach ...more

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Average rating: 4.27 · 559 ratings · 243 reviews · 33 distinct works

	Finding Angel (Toch Island Chronicles, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2011 — 12 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
	Seeking Unseen (Toch Island Chronicles, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	What Darkness Fears by Anne J. Hill (Goodreads Author), Lara E. Madden, Beka Gremikova (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 42 ratings — 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
	Feckless: Tales of Supernatural, Paranormal, and Downright Presumptuous Ilk by Ellen C. Maze (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Angela Dolbear (Goodreads Author), Kevin R. Maze (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.56 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Aquasynthesis (Splashdown #1) by Grace Bridges (Goodreads Author), Walt Staples, Kat Heckenbach (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Stories That Sing: Havok Season Two (Havok Flash Fiction Book 2) by Andrew Winch, Morgan L. Busse (Goodreads Author), Kat Heckenbach (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Legacy Rewound (Toch Island Chronicles, #3) 4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Relent 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — 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
	Ordinary Folk really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Protection's Prison 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013 — 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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Starting My Health Journey

Last time I posted -- which, yeah, has been a few months -- I said I might start sharing some of my health journey here. I decided the easiest way to get that ball rolling is to show you what I posted on Facebook back in February, including before and after photos. That first photo is me at the Realm Makers writers conference in July 2019, which is why I'm holding a dragon. Not that it's so ra Read more of this blog post »

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Kat Heckenbach wrote a new blog post Starting My Health Journey Last time I posted -- which, yeah, has been a few months -- I said I might start sharing some of my health journey here. I decided the easiest way to Read more of this blog post »
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Kat Heckenbach entered a giveaway The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)	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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Kat Heckenbach rated a book it was amazing Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed by José Pablo Iriarte (Goodreads Author)	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
This book is a great balance of lighthearted humor and a real message about family, heritage, and individuality. Benny is born to a family filled with incredibly talented people, but he feels completely, boringly ordinary. So when he's stuck going to ...more
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Kat Heckenbach rated a book it was amazing The Map to Everywhere (The Map to Everywhere, #1) by Carrie Ryan (Goodreads Author)	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
I read a lot of middle grade fiction and this is one really pulled me in for all the reasons I love MG. A great voice, with just the right edge of snark when necessary but not overdone. Magic! A wizard who is both brilliant and bumbling. Main charact ...more
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Kat Heckenbach rated a book really liked it Strange Unearthly Things by Kelly Creagh (Goodreads Author)	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
I've been waiting for this book! I am a HUGE fan of Kelly Creagh's "Nevermore" series. I've read it over and over, and have been waiting for something new from her for so long. Yes, I know, Phantom Heart...but that one just didn't do it for me. Stran ...more
Feb 22, 2024 06:10AM · 1 like · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Strange Unearthly Things by Kelly Creagh. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Strange Unearthly Things by Kelly Creagh <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Kat Heckenbach rated a book really liked it Eternal, Everywhere, With You by Sherry Rossman (Goodreads Author)	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
I confess that cover is what grabbed me with this book. It's so lovely! I was really happy to see that there was some lovely writing inside as well. I think that is probably my favorite thing about this book: the voice. I immediately connected with t ...more
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Kat’s Quotes

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

tags: charles-bayard-mitchell

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“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
― G.K. Chesterton

tags: fairy-tales, hope, paraphrased, possiblity

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“Science is no more than an investigation of a miracle we can never explain, and art is an interpretation of that miracle.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles

tags: science-miracles

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