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Kate Alice Marshall

Kate Marshall is the author of the Young Adult novel I Am Still Alive (Viking Children’s). Her science fiction and fantasy fiction has appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Crossed Genres, and elsewhere. She writes historical romance as Kathleen Kimmel, and works in the video game industry as a writer and occasional designer. Her love of books runs through every aspect of her career; she serves as both a developmental editor and a cover designer for fellow authors.

She lives outside of Seattle with her husband, a dog named Vonnegut, a cat named after a cylon, and a baby. They all conspire to keep her on her toes.

Awards: ITW (2025) see all

Genres: Mystery, Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

New and upcoming books

February 2026

The Girls Before

January 2027

The One We Buried

Series

Thirteens
   1. Thirteens (2020)
   2. Brackenbeast (2021)
   3. Glassheart (2022)

Novels

   I Am Still Alive (2018)
   Rules for Vanishing (2019)
   Our Last Echoes (2021)
   These Fleeting Shadows (2022)
   What Lies in the Woods (2023)
   Extra Normal (2023)
   The Narrow (2023)
   No One Can Know (2024)
   The Monsters Next Door (2025)
   A Killing Cold (2025)
   We Won't All Survive (2025)
   The Girls Before (2026)
   The One We Buried (2027)

Books containing stories by Kate Alice Marshall

These Dreaming Spires (2025)
edited by
Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 (2018)
(Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, book 4)
edited by
N K Jemisin

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2018 (2018)
(Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror)
edited by
Paula Guran

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Awards

2025 ITW Award for Best Audiobook : No One Can Know

Award nominations

	2022 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel (nominee) : These Fleeting Shadows
	2019 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Rules for Vanishing

Kate Alice Marshall recommends

They Want Us Dead (2026)
CL Montblanc
"They Want Us Dead is a tightly plotted whodunit with an abundance of wit, heart, and thrilling twists--it will keep you guessing to the last page."

This Book Will Bury Me (2025)
Ashley Winstead
"This Book Will Bury Me is an absolute feast for true crime enthusiasts. Winstead invites readers into an immersive and meticulously crafted mystery, suffused with an intoxicating blend of fascination and dread that builds to a stunning climax."

Dead Money (2025)
Jakob Kerr
"A propulsive tale that brings together a skillfully constructed mystery and an instantly compelling heroine as it delves into the weird and wild world of the tech industry. It had me hooked from start to thrilling finish."

The Lake of Lost Girls (2024)
Katherine Greene
"The Lake of Lost Girls is a layered, gripping mystery that skillfully weaves together past and present, revealing just how much can happen in those moments when no one is watching."

Strange Beasts (2024)
(Strange Beasts, book 1)
Susan J Morris
"Morris cleverly weaves together historical, literary, and mythological threads to create the endlessly rich world for her supernatural sleuths in this gripping mystery. With gorgeous prose and an unforgettable pair of heroines, Strange Beasts romps through the opulence and intrigue of turn-of-the-century Paris, offering an exploration of femininity, power, and the nature of monsters-as well as a thrilling adventure full of wit and heart. I can't wait for the sequel."

The Bad Ones (2024)
Melissa Albert
"The Bad Ones opens with a terrifying and unsettling sequence of disappearances-and then the tension never relents. With beguiling prose and a simmering sense of dread, the book kept me absolutely spellbound as its darkly supernatural mystery unfolded."

Radiant Heat (2024)
Sarah-Jane Collins
"Gripping from the first page, this tale of destruction, survival, and mysteries uncovered in the ashes kept me up late into the night."

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth (2023)
Andrew Joseph White
"Andrew Joseph White brings his phenomenal talent and searing prose to an unflinching tale of a violet-eyed boy, desperate spirits, and very human monsters. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth is as brutal and necessary as a surgical incision."

The Reunion (2023)
Kit Frick
"The Reunion is a tense, intricately constructed tale that explores sun-drenched shores and the dark corners of the human heart. Its vivid characters and web of family secrets kept me guessing to the last page."

She Is a Haunting (2023)
Trang Thanh Tran
"She Is a Haunting is a beguiling feast of a book that drew me in immediately with its exquisitely unsettling atmosphere, vivid prose, and creeping horrors-both supernatural and all too human."

Delicious Monsters (2023)
Liselle Sambury
"Delicious Monsters drew me in with its complex, compelling characters and richly layered secrets. A powerful story of mothers and daughters, trauma and healing, with a truly frightening haunted house at its center."

Go Hunt Me (2022)
Kelly DeVos
"With deadly stakes and killer twists, Go Hunt Me is a compulsive, thrilling read that grabbed me by the throat and didn't let go."

Summer's Edge (2022)
Dana Mele
"Rich with atmosphere, Summer's Edge weaves a haunting--and haunted--tale of tragedy and secrets, romance and betrayal, with a vicious mystery at its heart. Lies and friendships unravel and the truth of the friends' fateful summer emerges as the story hurtles toward its relentless and darkly satisfying conclusion."

A Dark and Starless Forest (2021)
Sarah Hollowell
"Sarah Hollowell has created an effortlessly diverse cast of sisters, with characters and relationships as rich and complex as the magic that defines their lives. From the moment Derry answers the eerie call of the woods, A Dark and Starless Forest begins to weave an irresistible spell in this tale of magic and sisterhood, love and loss, power and control."

Mercury Boys (2021)
Chandra Prasad
"With vividly drawn, multidimensional characters and a riveting voice, Mercury Boys weaves a compelling tale of the intoxicating power of friendship, female rivalry, and romance."

The River Has Teeth (2021)
Erica Waters
"Full of fierce women and wild magic, The River Has Teeth is a captivating story of love, grief, and the power of anger. From its eerie opening pages to its gripping finale, it kept me enthralled"

She's Too Pretty to Burn (2021)
Wendy Heard
"Veronica and Mick's complex, compelling relationship grounds this intense and unrelenting thriller, full of impossible choices, betrayals, mistakes, and danger."

The Valley and the Flood (2021)
Rebecca Mahoney
"Rebecca Mahoney weaves a tense and beautiful tale about the monsters we make and the memories that haunt us. With the looming threat of the Flood and a town full of secrets, this story grabbed hold of me and didn't let go."

Yellow Jessamine (2020)
Caitlin Starling
"Starling's tale is rich, unsettling, and bleakly beautiful—like the poison garden at its heart, both lovely and deadly."

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