Karin is an autistic mathematician, and writer of 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 – of 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 increasingly sagging desk.
2026
SL - Golden Egg Fiction Award (The Stench);
2025
Winner - Page Turner Writing Award Genre Sci-fi (Incendiary Ascent); Winner - Page Turner Golden Writer Award (Incendiary Ascent);
3rd place - WestWord First Chapter Competition (Dig Two Graves...);
SL - WriteMentor Award (Dig Two Graves...); SL - Golden Egg Fiction Award (Incendiary Ascent);
Winner - SCBWI Words & Pictures January Slush Pile Challenge (Dig Two Graves...);
2024
SL - PageTurner Phoenix Award;
Finalist - PageTurner Awards;
Earlier
SL - W&A Your Next Obsession in YA Fiction (The Second Choice Den);
Finalist - PageTurner Awards
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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?”
As if the world teetering on the brink of an apocalyptic war, and a looming alien Reset of Earth alone isn’t bad enough,
Caila must select seven companions for a human restart. And what's hidden in her (pilfered) DNA could spell the end of humanity altogether.
Adult, speculative SFF
Axiom’s End x Eternals x Becky Chambers
Between Scylla and Charybdis is a standalone parallel to The Second Choice Den.
Shortlisted 2024 PageTurner Phoenix Award
Finalist 2025 PageTurner Book Adaptation Needed Award
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The Second Choice Den
Humans will be rarer than the North Atlantic right whale, of whom there are fewer than 370 left
A planet on the brink of an apocalypse.
E.T.—about to remove humans from Earth's equation.
Six neurodivergent teens and a whale watching boat captain—wit and friendship.
A power-mad, vengeful President, remnants of the CIA—armed to the teeth.
Humanity was never closer to extinction.
Crossover, Speculative SFF
Percy Jackson x Eternals
The Second Choice Den is a standalone parallel to Between Scylla and Charybdis.
Finalist 2025 PageTurner Book Adaptation Needed Award
Finalist 2024 PageTurner Writing Award
Shortlisted Writers & Artists, Your Next Obsession in YA Fiction
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Dig Two Graves ...
She escaped the people who made her – now they want their weapon back
Abducted as a child and programmed into a flawless espionage asset, Morgan escapes her Hong Kong handlers to find sanctuary in Newfoundland. But when her creators unleash a global assault to reclaim their ‘property’, Morgan must weaponise her lethal training to protect her found family and destroy the organisation.
Crossover, Speculative Thriller, Action Adventure
The Spy Coast x Alias Emma x the sharp, perspective-shifting paranoia of The Echo Wife
Shortlisted 2025 WriteMentor Novel Awards (adult category)
Shortlisted 2025 PageTurner Golden Writing Award
3rd Place 2025 WestWord First Chapter Competition
Winner 2025 SCBWI Slush Pile Challenge (YA)
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Incendiary Ascent
Blood is thicker than water ... Unless the world is at stake.
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.
YA, Contemporary SFF, Action/adventure
Percy Jackson x Skyward x Eternals
Shortlisted 2025 Golden Egg Fiction Award
Shortlisted 2025 PageTurner Writing Award
Winner 2025 PageTurner Writer Award Genre Sci-fi
Winner 2025 PageTurner Golden Writing Award
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The Stench
Illness – Cure – Curse
YA, Speculative SFF, Apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic
The War Between the Land and the Sea x A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Shortlisted, 2026 The Golden Egg Fiction Award
Longlisted 2025 WestWord First Chapter Competition
Longlisted 2025 PageTurner Writing Award
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Rebecca’s Diary
Running away from home with her horse Flock,12-year-old Rebecca achieves a tat more independence 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.
Suited for MG to Adult. Science fiction, adventure through the eyes of 12-year-old Rebecca.
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Scylla – A Six-Headed Monster
WIP and sequel to Between Scylla and Charybdis. A six-headed monster attacks the castle, robbing Caila of her companions.
Adult, speculative SFF
Between Eos and Eris is a sequel (book 2 in the trilogy) to Between Scylla and Charybdis.
Finalist 2025 PageTurner Writing Award
Finalist 2025 PageTurner Phoenix Award
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Next?
'Current' folder:
- Polish and query existing manuscripts.
- Scylla – A Six-Headed Monster, part two in the Between Scylla and Charybdis trilogy.
- Charybdis – Into the Whirlpool, part three in the Between Scylla and Charybdis trilogy.
'What's next' folder:
- A sequel to Dig Two Graves ... (as requested by my beta readers).
- Quite a few fresh ideas.
- Short stories.
