Books & Writing

Fantasy Fiction for Adults

The Witches of Eileanan series - Australia, NZ, US, Canada, Germany, Russia & Japan.

The Witches of Eileanan series follows the adventures of a pair of twins, Isabeau and Iseult, as they battle to restore magic to its proper place in the land called Eileanan, on the way discovering their own true destinies. The Witches of Eileanan is based on the premise that a group of Scottish witches fled the persecution of witches in the 16th century to discover a new land where they could worship their pagan, pantheistic religion and practise their magic in freedom. It draws strongly on Scottish folklore and history, though is not in any way meant to be set in Scotland. Learn more about Eileanan here. You also read more information on the foreign editions of the Witches of Eileanan series.

Follow the links below to learn more about each book in Rhiannon's Ride and The Witches of Eileanan series and read an extract from the book. The US editions have different covers and Dragonclaw was released as The Witches of Eileanan in the US. There are German editions available and coming are Russian editions.

Dragonclaw
The Pool of Two Moons
The Cursed Towers
The Forbidden Land
The Skull of the World
The Fathomless Caves

 

Please read the note about the timing of Books 4 and 5 - The Forbidden Land and The Skull of the World occur at the same time on Eileanan as they were originally one book which was split into two for size reasons. Book 6, The Fathomless Caves, occurs after both books 4 and 5 and will conclude the series.

Rhiannon's Ride series - Australia, NZ, USA, Canada & Germany.

The Tower of Ravens
The Shining City
The Heart of Stars

 

Children's and YA books

Chronicles of Estelliana - Australia, NZ, UK & Germany.

Kate has ventured into the world of Young Adult fiction with her debut novel in the genre entitled The Starthorn Tree.

This is a high fantasy children's novel about the kingdom of Estelliana whose young prince is enspelled and to save the kingdom, a motley group of children must seek the answer to this mysterious sleep and to free the kingdom. Aimed at the Young Adult market, The Starthorn Tree, is a worthy addition to any young reader's library.

The Starthorn Tree

 

Ben and Tim's Magical Misadventures

Dragon Gold
Wishing For Trouble
Sea Magic

 

The Chain of Charms series - Australia, NZ, Italy & UK.

The Gypsy Crown
The Silver Horse
The Herb of Grace
The Cat's Eye Shell
The Lightning Bolt
The Butterfly in Amber

The Gypsy Crown (to be published as one book in the UK, the US, Canada & Germany)

The first three books in 'The Chain of Charms' series have been released as paperbacks, with gorgeous new covers using Jeremy Reston's silhouette illustrations from the first edition.

The Gypsy Crown
The Silver Horse
The Herb of Grace

 

Picture Books
I Am
Contemporary Fiction

Although known mainly for her fantasy novels from The Witches of Eileanan, Kate has released a magic realist novel called Full Fathom Five. This novel was Kate's Masters thesis that she has had published under her maiden name of Kate Humphrey.

The story of Full Fathom Five follows Sara who suffers severe agoraphobia and when her father is found mysteriously hanging, alive, from a cliff face, this leads to more questions and uncovering of long held family secrets.

Full Fathom Five
Poetry
Radiance

See more of my poetry.

Short Pieces

I've written a collection of short stories, articles and short pieces on a variety of topics. A short extract is listed for some of the articles, for the full text you will need to obtain the magazine in which the piece appeared.