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K A Perkins

Karen Perkins lives in Yorkshire with her partner. She has been a keen sailor since childhood, competing nationally and internationally until the day she had both National and European Ladies Champion titles - and a terminally bad back.

Under the name K A Perkins She has written 1 novella (An Ill Wind) and 2 full-length novels: Dead Reckoning (which was long-listed in the Novel Competition in 2011) and Ready About! (coming in 2013 from LionheART Publishing House) in the Valkyrie series.

Thores-Cross, a haunting novel set in the Yorkshire Moors about isolation and superstition, will also be published in 2013 by LionheART Publishing House.

She has also co-authored a series of children’s books inspired by traditional African stories with acclaimed poet, director and playwright, Peter Mutanda, and a trailer for 'Rabbit and Elephant's Tug Of War' follows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udauyl...


“This is Klara. She’s yours to do with as you will. Here.’ He gave me a small, silver handled whip. ‘You might need this to remind her of that, though”
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“He thought he would easily win against the tiny rabbit.”
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“she looked heaven-sent – her crew of angels harnessing the clouds and skipping effortlessly through the seas.”
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“How can I work out where I’m going if I can’t work out where I am?”
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