Hello and Welcome.

Hi, I’m Kate Krake, Australian indie fantasy author.

I write fun filled, fast pace contemporary fantasy featuring witches, shifters, fae, and demons, empowered women, intense friendships, swoony romances, nefarious villains, cool treasure, myths, folklore, and a lot more.

The Personal Info

As well as writing, I’m also typically found wrangling two small children (don’t worry, they’re mine), working out, taking epic long walks, cleaning something, listening to something, watching something, reading something, and sleeping. There’s never enough sleeping.

I’ve worked dozens of different non-writing jobs from dollar shop retail, regenerating bushland, making pizza, scooping ice-cream, washing dishes, selling outdoor furniture, selling shoes, mystery shopping, making sandwiches, tutoring high school kids in English, and many years working in music retail. Now that I’m a professional writer, I can definitely say this is the best job. Ever. But all of those other jobs all, in their way, helped pave the way.

I love weight lifting, running, and long distance walking. I love sunny spring days, Nanowrimo, clean linen, tarot, and the smell of sweet basil.

I live in Perth, Australia (moved from Brisbane at the end of 2017) with my husband, two kids (currently 10 and 5), and a beagle named Pepper.

I’m addicted to peppermints.

I’m obsessed with Arthurian legend. I have worshipped Madonna (the music one, not the biblical one) since I was about 9 years old.

I hold a Bachelor of Arts (English and History Majors) from the Australian National University; Masters in Humanities (Media and Cultural Studies) and a Graduate Certificate in the same from the University of Queensland; Graduate Certificate in Communications from Griffith University.

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I send a newsletter to my readers about once month. It typically contains new personal blog posts from my main site at katekrake.com, updates about my writing, book and tv or movie recommendations, links to interesting bits I’ve been reading online (usually fantasy related), photos from my comings and goings about the world.

Readers on my newsletter list might also, from time to time, receive free books, early access to my new releases, early chapters from forthcoming works, and book discounts.