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Katherine Silva

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Born

in Union, Maine, The United States

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http://www.katherinesilvaauthor.com

Genre

Horror, Thriller

Influences

Michael Crichton, Anthony Bourdain, Arthur Conan Doyle, Shirley Jackso ...more

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September 2011

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Katherine Silva is an ace Maine horror author, a connoisseur of coffee, and victim of cat shenanigans. Her favorite flavors of the genre mix grief and existentialism which she combines with her love of the New England wilderness in her works. She is a three-time Maine Literary Award finalist for speculative fiction. Katherine is also editor-in-chief of Strange Wilds Press. You can find out all about her work at katherinesilvaauthor.com.

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Average rating: 4.15 · 1,014 ratings · 443 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Undead Folk 4.19 avg rating — 305 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
	The Wild Dark 4.16 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Dead Folk (Deadlands, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Hallowed Oblivion 4.24 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Nothingland (Deadlands #3) 4.17 avg rating — 47 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
	The Wild Fall 4.57 avg rating — 37 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
	Boreal: An Anthology of Taiga Horror by Katherine Silva (Goodreads Author) (Editor), E.M. Roy (Goodreads Author), Akis Linardos 4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2025 — 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 Collection: A Novella 3.97 avg rating — 33 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
	Vox (Re-Vamped Monstrum Chronicles, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Vulpine Curse 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — 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

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December is a time of year in the writing and book communities that writers look forward to and despise equally. So, you put out a book this year. It was your best work yet. All the effort to put it on the page was tremendous, transformative; the act of getting it published even more-so. And maybe it sold well, too. Or maybe it didn’t. But you did all the things you could to try and get it int

Series by Katherine Silva

Deadlands (3 books)
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Katherine Silva (Goodreads Author)

4.21 avg rating — 456 ratings

The Wild Oblivion (2 books)
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Katherine Silva (Goodreads Author)

4.28 avg rating — 88 ratings

The Monstrum Chronicles (3 books)
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Katherine Silva (Goodreads Author)

4.16 avg rating — 32 ratings

Katherine is Currently Reading

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Anvil Gate (Gears of War, #3)

by Karen Traviss (Goodreads Author)

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Ascension

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The Haunting of Wounded Birds

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Katherine Silva rated a book it was amazing Unclaimed Property by Cat Delani	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
Unclaimed Property lures readers into the dark mouth of a lost legacy. What is family? What is home? How does it hunger for us through the years we've left it behind and how deadly is it once we're back within reach of its jaws? Every page you turn, ...more
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A fun ride through a mutant gator-infested swamp. A short, zany, and perfect short read before Halloween.
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Katherine’s Quotes

“Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.”
― Stephen King

tags: horror, vampire

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“Adventrue rewrites the routine of our lives and wakes us sharply from the comforts of the familiar. It allows us to see how vast the expanse of our experience. Our ability to grow is no longer linear but becomes unrestricted to any direction we wish to run.”
― Josh Gates, Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter

tags: experience, travel

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“Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom...is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.”
― Anthony Bourdain

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“If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree. ”
― Michael Crichton

tags: history

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“As soon as coffee is in your stomach, there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move…similes arise, the paper is covered. Coffee is your ally and writing ceases to be a struggle.”
― Honoré de Balzac

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