My Name is Monster is out in paperback today!
Postponed due to Covid and lockdown number 1 (remember those days??), the paperback of my debut novel is finally out in the world.
After the Sickness has killed off her parents, and the bombs have fallen on the last safe cities, Monster emerges from the Arctic vault which has kept her alive. When she washes up on the coast of Scotland, everyone she knows is dead, and she believes she is alone in an empty world.
Slowly, piece by piece, she begins to rebuild a life. Until, one day, she finds a girl: another survivor, feral, and ready to be taught all that Monster knows. But as the lonely days pass, the lessons the girl learns are not always the ones Monster means to teach…
The book is available from Sam Read bookshop in Grasmere (my lovely local independent), and for anyone who orders the book by the end of launch day, you’ll go into a prize draw to win copies of both of my poetry pamphlets as well!
(You can still buy a copy after that, of course, you just won’t be in the prize draw.)
So how am I celebrating?
Well I’m glad you asked. Tonight I’m having an online launch event AND QUIZ, hosted by Will Smith (not that Will Smith, but the one from Sam Read bookshop).
There’ll be readings & chat, and more importantly, PRIZES provided by my publisher, Canongate.
And the best bit? You can join in, too! It would be lovely to see you there.
Katie Hale 