Karen Perkins is the author of the Yorkshire Ghost Stories, the Pendle Witch Short Stories and the Valkyrie Series of historical nautical fiction. Her fiction has appeared at the top of bestseller lists on both sides of the Atlantic, including the top 21 in the UK Kindle Store in 2018. Her first Yorkshire Ghost Story - THE HAUNTING OF THORES-CROSS - won the Silver Medal for European Fiction in the prestigious 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards in New York, whilst her Valkyrie novel, DEAD RECKONING, was long-listed in the 2011 MSLEXIA novel competition. Originally a financial advisor, a sailing injury left Karen with a chronic pain condition (although she did take the European ladies title despite the injury!). Writing has given her a new lease of - and purpose to - life, and she is currently working on a sequel to Parliament of Rooks: Haunting Brontë Country, as well as the next Pendle Witch story. Karen Perkins is a member of the Society of Authors, the Writers' Guild of Great Britain and the Horror Writers Association.
"The ghost of a wronged young woman in the Yorkshire village of
Thores-Cross waits 230 years to have her story told in Perkins's
suspenseful and atmospheric first Yorkshire Ghost novel...Chapters
alternate between Emma's and Jennet's points of view, the latter in
well-written Yorkshire dialect...This historical ghost story
provides page-turning chills and sympathy for scorned women"
BookLife by Publishers Weekly
"This is the most well-researched, intense and spookiest book I've
ever read" - Author Amy Queau
"Ms Perkins makes the art of writing look easy, a sure sign of a
talented writer and gifted story-telling. 5 stars." - Author JJ
Toner
"Perkins mesmerised with her period dialogue and rich descriptions
of life" - Ajoobacats, TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE VOICE
"This is a well written book of love and betrayal. This in short is
one of the best books I have read so far. Well done to the
author."- Pyewacket, VINE VOICE
"Well researched story set in the beautiful but lonely North
Yorkshire Moors during the 18th century...I particularly enjoyed
the spooky scenery around the submerged village" - JK, TOP 100
REVIEWER VINE VOICE
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