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Kate Allan

Not a band - an author!

About Me

Kate lives in Hertfordshire, England. She developed plans to be a novelist at the age of seven after reading about the career of prolific children's author Enid Blyton. She taught herself to use her mother's typewriter to try and make her stories look like "proper books".

She began seriously writing in 2001, taking a notebook with her on the train to make best use of her commute to work. She wrote two historical novel manuscripts before receiving an offer of publication for the second - a short novel - in 2004 from DC Thomson. Fateful Deception is a romantic adventure set in the early 19th century and was shortlisted for the 2005 RNA New Writers Award. DC Thomson subsequently accepted her first manuscript for publication. Fateful Deception was published in January 2006 by DC Thomson and as an ebook in April 2006 by Belgrave House.

April 2006 also saw the publication of Perfidy and Perfection, Kate's romantic comedy set in Jane Austen's England by Robert Hale.

Kate also writes in partnership with author Michelle Styles under the name Jennifer Lindsay. Jennifer Lindsay's first novel, The Lady Soldier, was published by Robert Hale in May 2005.

My Interests

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Member Since: 6/30/2006
Band Website: www.kateallan.com " kateallan.com
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Perfidy and Perfection - large print

Perfidy and Perfection, my Jane Austen-inspired romantic comedy, is published in large print this month by Ulverscroft Books. Should be available around the world.
Posted by Kate Allan on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:23:00 PST

Fateful Deception

In about 1 hour and 20 minutes Fateful Deception is officially released in paperback by Linford Romance...
Posted by Kate Allan on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:43:00 PST

The Restless Heart

My author copies of the The Restless Heart arrived yesterday. It's only in the shops in the UK for a month so hurry if you want a copy. It's published by DC Thomson as a My Weekly Story Collection so...
Posted by Kate Allan on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 04:08:00 PST

Writers' circles and groups

Luckily I belong to a great writing group who meet every Wednesday and yesterday evening we met in the pub and got to while away the evening outside in a pub courtyard, while people read out pieces of...
Posted by Kate Allan on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 03:28:00 PST

MySpace for books and authors

I don't see why bands should have all the fun so I've joined MySpace as an author! I write romantic comedy and historical romantic adventure novels. Actually I should be writing now, rather than messi...
Posted by Kate Allan on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:54:00 PST