Born in Cumbria, Katie Hale is a poet, freelance journalist and
educator. She took part in Penguin Random House's inaugural
WriteNow scheme in 2018, has held Emerging Writer in Residence
posts at Theatre by the Lake and Creative Futures Cumbria, and is
currently working on an oral story-sharing project with the
National Trust. Her debut poetry pamphlet, Breaking the
Surface, was published by Flipped Eye in 2017. Her poetry has
been awarded the Jane Martin and Ware Poetry Prizes, and has been
shortlisted for the Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize. My
Name is Monster is her first novel.
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Fresh and powerful . . . Hale's writing is assured and . . .
strikingly beautiful . . . Most of all, the book has a great
generosity and empathy for monsterdom, and refreshingly allows its
characters to find happiness without becoming more ordinary . . .
Hale is certainly a skilful writer with a compelling voice, and her
ideas are bold and promising * * Guardian * *
A terrific piece of writing; tough and tender and insightful. Loved
it -- JOANNE HARRIS
A complex, accomplished debut. The prose dazzles while the themes
of feminism, power and fertility sneak in for a gut-punch. It kept
me gripped from the first page, and the characters continue to live
and breathe in my imagination -- KIRSTY LOGAN, author of THE
GRACEKEEPERS
Taut, tough and sensitive, the narrative conjures up a devastated
world, inhabited by two intriguing characters, with precision and
real atmosphere * * Daily Mail * *
Katie Hale has written two fascinating, flawed and compelling
characters and, with only two people and an empty world, has
created a novel that is gripping, insightful and unique -- CLAIRE
FULLER, author of OUR ENDLESS NUMBERED DAYS
A gripping study of loneliness and what it can do to your psyche .
. . Hale's style means we'll be interested in what she writes next
* * Herald * *
A riveting and disturbing novel, part twisted fairy tale and part
dystopian nightmare, in which the primal human need to find meaning
and love shines through the darkness of a ruined world -- MICK
KITSON, author of SAL
Powerful and unflinching . . . This is a humane, tender and often
painful exploration of the ways in which daughters consider
themselves to be braver, smarter and more independent than their
mothers, as well as the strength of love and hope in an empty
world. Hale has crafted a gripping and intense dystopian fairytale
. . . Beautifully written . . . A must-read * * The Skinny * *
Held together by skilful, well-crafted prose . . . Keep[s] the
reader hooked to the last page . . . Her writing is superb * * Wee
Review * *
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