Kate L. Mary

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I'm a mom of four, Air Force wife, and author of adult and young adult dystopian, post-apocalyptic, and science fiction. I love intense world building and character driven stories that feature strong female leads - as well as a side of romance - and any end of the world scenario. Zombies, aliens, a distant future where people have no clue how the world ended in the first place, you name it, I will create a story there!

Having lived in a lot of different places after more than a decade as an Air Force wife, I love setting my books in cities I've actually lived in to give them authenticity. I've resided in: Indiana, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, California, and Oklahoma but am currently back in my home state of Ohio where I live with m
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Right now, I'm not sure. I know where I want the characters to end up, but I haven't decided how I'm going to get them there. I'm not much of an outliner when I write, so I sometimes don't even know myself where a story is going when I start it. Even if I do, sometimes it changes. When I started writing Broken World, I had a whole different direction in mind. My novels kind of have a mind of their own, I guess. I can say right now there will be two more for sure. Probably more than that, though. (less)
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Shattered World, book #2, will be available October 4th. Book #3, Mad World, will be available January 3, 2015. And I hope to have book …more
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Shattered World, book #2, will be available October 4th. Book #3, Mad World, will be available January 3, 2015. And I hope to have book #4 ready by April 3, 2015. It is tentatively titled Lost World. (less)
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World of Misery: Cursed World Book 2.5 A girl abandoned. A vanished world. A determination to keep her brother safe at all costs… When Kendall’s parents died, she thought she would be okay. After all, she was still in contact with her best friend, and Liv’s mom was prepared for anything. Kendall wouldn’t be alone. […]
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“When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what the storm is all about.”
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“Fear is normal, Indra, it is what you do with that fear that determines if you are strong or weak.”
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“is empty and all the devils are here,’” Brady mumbles.”
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