About Karin
Karin is an autistic mathematician, and writer of (cosy) science fiction, fantasy and thrillers. After twelve moves within the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France and the UK, she settled in the Garden of England (a.k.a. Kent).
As a writer/reader, she is passionate about diversity – any kind – but, more than anything, she loves neurodivergent protagonists (as unadulterated heroes) and female protagonists with an interest or career in STEM.
When Karin isn't juggling data or words, you can find her in her garden or strolling around Hever Castle – the prettiest castle in England and childhood home of Anne Boleyn. Both activities boost the pebble collection on her desk.
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About Karin's manuscripts
Between Scylla and Charybdis
“Seeing humans removed from Earth because of an Event I rubber-stamped... How do you think that felt?”
When an alien Assembly resets Earth, mathematician Caila is asked to select seven companions for a restart.
Things go (even more) pear-shaped when she discovers that she possesses alien DNA which puts her on a collision course with the Assembly’s leader, who proclaims humans a too-dangerous-to-exist-on-Earth-or-anywhere-else-in-the-Universe species.
Can Accident-prone Caila convince him to grant humans a second chance?
Adult, cosy, contemporary SFF
'Eternals' meets 'Survivors' caper, with a hint of T.J. Klune
Between Scylla and Charybdis is a standalone parallel to The Second Choice Den.
The Second Choice Den
When the second choice is Earth’s last hope.
When an alien alliance Resets Earth, autistic teen Sarah and her classmates become humanity's last hope. Armed with DIY weapons and wit, they must outsmart a vengeful CIA and convince aliens who deem them a failed species to grant them a second chance on their ravaged planet.
Young Adult/Crossover, Contemporary SFF
Eternals meets Neurodivergent Survivors
The Second Choice Den is a standalone parallel to Between Scylla and Charybdis.
PARSIDUS
Blood is thicker than water ... Or not, when your mum tries to kill you (trice) before razing the world to oblivion.
21st century Earth: all but a few are oblivious of extra-terrestrial life.
Teen Misha is recruited by UWAP, an interplanetary organisation who assess stewardship and security risks on developing planets. Earth is up next.
When she uncovers a plot to grab world power, only Misha’s too close for comfort connection to the conspirators can save Earth from dictatorship or ... oblivion.
Young Adult, Contemporary SFF
A United Nations of 'Eternals' assess Earth on stewardship and security risk.
Rebecca’s Diary
Running away from home with her horse Flock,12-year-old Rebecca achieves independence, but far more than she bargained for when the world around her blinks out. People, houses, everything, gone in a fraction of a second.
She rides across the country, aiming for London but ending up in Kent. In a castle with seven strangers, she rebuilds her life and helps forge a new future for humankind.
Rebecca’s Diary is a Companion novelette to Between Scylla and Charybdis.
Dig Two Graves
"The heart is just a muscle." Ethan (a mathematics professor and friend of protagonist Morgan)
Aided by Yǔzé, her handsome new philosophy tutor, Morgan escapes the people who are grooming her to be a spy. Then Yǔzé is murdered and Morgan must return to Hong Kong to protect her new friends. Can she, an A.I., bring down the powerful Lis?
Adult, CrossOverYA, Contemporary Thriller
The Actuality x Klara and the Sun
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Next?
'Current' folder:
- Polish WIP, 'Dig Two Graves', about an A.I on a mission.
'What's next' folder:
- 'The Symbionts', a YA Fantasy.
- Sequels and parallels to completed novels.
- Lots of fresh ideas.
