

"The White Room", was short listed for The Authors' Club Best First Novel Award.

(Written with Bernard Knight, Ian Morson, Susanna Gregory and Philip Gooden) Maitland is dyslexic and resides in the medieval city of Lincoln, not very far from Sherwood Forest. She has worked as a writer and editor on a number of cross-cultural books including "Poems of Cultural Diversity" and "Cinders in the Wind". She has co-written several titles in the Medieval Murderers series with medieval crime writers including Bernard Knight, Ian Morson, Susanna Gregory, and Philip Gooden. The Gallows' Curse was published by Penguin Books in March 2011. Her works include The White Room published in 1996 by Yorkshire Art Circus Company of Liars published in 2008 by Delacorte Press and The Owl Killers, published in 2009 by Michael Joseph. In 1321, the English town of Ulewic teeters between survival and destruction, faith and doubt, God and demons. Maitland has an honours degree in Human Communication and doctorate in Psycholinguistics. The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland: 9780440244431 : Books In 1321, the English town of Ulewic teeters between survival and destruction, faith and doubt, God and demons. Karen Maitland (born 1956) is a British author of medieval thriller fiction.
