Welcome to the official website of author Katherine Howell.
WINNER OF SISTERS-IN-CRIME'S DAVITT AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2008 AND 2011
Katherine worked as a paramedic for fifteen years and draws on that experience
in her best-selling crime fiction. Read more.
All Katherine's books are now available as ebooks in the US!
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Silent Fear.
Katherine's fifth novel in the Detective Ella Marconi series, SILENT FEAR, was released in February 2012 and hit the bestseller list soon after. Katherine toured five Australian states and appeared on national TV to talk about the book. Read more.
Katherine's fourth novel, Violent Exposure, was published in December 2010. Reviewers declared it her "best book yet" and said that "Inventive and exciting as are her previous novels, Violent Exposure carries a deeper impact indicative of a writer not merely content to churn out the same old stuff". Read more.
Katherine’s third novel, Cold Justice, was released in February 2010 and made the bestseller list soon after. Reviews have described it as "a powerful and high-adrenaline tale of murder and intrigue" featuring a detective who is "a complex and appealing character whose passion for crime solving is both endearing and compelling and keeps the pace of the book racing". Cold Justice has been published overseas and won the 2011 Davitt award for best novel. Read more.
Her second novel, The Darkest Hour, was published in 2008 and won the reader's choice category of the 2009 Sisters-In-Crime Davitt awards. It was released overseas in 2009/10, with one UK reviewer saying "Author Katherine Howell is a former Sydney paramedic and is set to do for that profession what US author Patricia Cornwell did for forensic pathologists". Read more.
Katherine's first novel, Frantic, was published in Australia in 2007 by Pan Macmillan, and won the Sisters-In-Crime Davitt award for best novel the following year. It was released in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Canada and the UK in 2008/09. Reviews include "Frantic is a ripper of a yarn, told with verve and feeling for the characters and place. Howell is a natural storyteller" and "action plotted as tight as a tourniquet". Read more.
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This website © Katherine Howell 2012
Photograph of Sydney at night thanks to Phil and Sarita Guy.
Other Sydney photographs thanks to Amber Gwynne.
