Kate Alice Marshall
Born: November 19, 1988 – Seattle, Washington, United States
Kate Alice Marshall is an American novelist who writes young adult, middle grade, and adult horror and suspense. She is best known for I Am Still Alive, Rules for Vanishing, and the thriller What Lies in the Woods. Her fiction is recognized for atmospheric settings, survival narratives, and psychologically charged mysteries.
Biography & Author's Journey
Kate Alice Marshall’s path as a writer began very early. She has said that she wanted to be a writer before she could actually write, in a book-centered family where reading aloud and storytelling were part of everyday life. As a teenager, she began submitting short fiction and drafting novels, and in 2005 she attended the Odyssey Writing Workshop, an experience she later described as giving her a framework and vocabulary for learning craft. She has also credited a poetry class with sharpening her sense of sound, meter, and meaning, a technical education that fed the control and atmosphere of her later fiction. ((https://www.goodreads.com/questions/2985047-i-m-interested-in-writing-books-however))
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"Kate Alice Marshall knows how to deliver fast-paced twists and turns"
— West Sacramento News-Ledger ((
"Kate Alice Marshall has crafted a tautly plotted and emotionally sophisticated story"
— The Nerd Daily ((
"Moving quickly and deftly, Marshall weaves a tension-filled novel that will make you question familial trust and community relations"
— Seattle Times ((
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