Karen E. Hoover
Author of The Wolfchild Saga, The Misadventures of a Teenage Wizard series, Newtimber series, Love Notes series, and Dakota Bound series.
My earliest memories are of my daddy reading to me as a young child, the rumble of his chest beneath my ear as he recited the poem Jabberwocky and read the rhymes of Dr. Seuss. Words have been important to me, it seems forever, and it seems perfectly normal that I would grow up to write my own stories. I've written a couple of romance series, but my favorite thing to write about is Fantasy! Dragons and wizards and shapeshifting animals--they all have a place in my books. Come. Take a look around and see what you can see. Welcome to my world!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Storyteller at Heart
Karen E. Hoover has been writing for most of her life, either creating small, hand-stapled booklets, team-writing with her brother as a teenager, or birthing full novels as an adult. She has been blessed to learn the craft of writing at the feet of some of the masters, including Brandon Sanderson and Tracy Hickman, but gained must of her understanding of writing while attending the LDStorymakers Writers Conference between 2006 and 2009. She placed four times in the three years she entered their First Chapter Contest, ending 2009 with a grand prize win and an offer for publication.
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Teaching is one of her greatest joys, and because of it she has presented at many local conferences, including L.T.U.E., CONduit, The Storymakers Writing Conference, The Teen Writer’s Conference, and Write Here in Ephraim. She has also spoken in classrooms at several schools throughout the state, and co-sponsored an after school writing club for teens in her home town.
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Karen is the author of fourteen books, with many more to come. Six in The Wolfchild Saga (The Sapphire Flute, The Armor of Light, The Emerald Wolf, The Amethyst Eye, The Ruby Heart, and The Hidden Coin), one book in The Misadventures of a Teenage Wizard series (Two Souls Are Better Than One,) and Newtimber: Fractured. She has also published a book of poems, three books under her pen name, Raine Gillespie, and two under her pen name Liza Westbrook.
The Hidden Coin
Pre-order your copy! Available November 27, 2024
My five book series has become seven and here we are with book six already! Book seven is finished and is just waiting for edits before it too will see the light of the world!
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I've also completed another YA/MG fantasy (I'm not sure which it is yet) that is a cross between ghostbusters and fairies. It is a heck of a lot of fun and I can't wait to share it with y'all! (Hint--the gnomes are the bad guys.)
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Keep your chin, up my friend! There is light just around the corner.
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Hugs to all,
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Karen
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One of seven Keystones–the very thing rooting magic to their world–is destroyed, and the threads are unraveling at an unparalleled rate. Chaos. Disasters. The end of the world. It is up to Ember and her companions to stop it, but the two final keystones have yet to be found.
The Hidden Coin and the Crystal Mallet have been lost for millennia. Time is ticking, and if Ember and Kayla can’t find the keystones, there will be no world left to save.
C’Tan holds a secret key to saving their world—if she can just learn how to put the pieces back together.
The odds are not in her favor.
Three journeys. One destination. If one fails then it all falls apart.
GET IN TOUCH
One of the greatest perks of my job is getting feedback and interacting with readers. Contact me if you’ve got any comments or questions for me, I’d love to hear from you.
(435) 850-9508