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'Seventeen-year-old Keralie Corrington is one of Quadara's most skilled thieves, but when she steals an unexpectedly valuable package from a messenger she is soon entangled in a conspiracy that leads to all four of Quadara's queens being murdered. With no other choices and on the run from her former employer, Keralie teams up with Varin Bollt, the Eonist messenger she stole from, and together they race to discover who has killed the queens. But when dark secrets threaten their reluctant partnership and put everything at stake, Keralie and Varin must use all their daring to stay alive and untangle the mysteries behind the nation's four dead queens.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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All Bases Covered
2019
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— Appears in: Books + Publishing , August vol. 99 no. 3 2019; (p. 5) 'Karys McEwen discusses the ways book design impacts students and librarians.' -
[Review] Four Dead Queens
2019
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— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 121 2019;
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Crawling with Stories : Four New Young Adult Novels
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June - July no. 412 2019; (p. 38-39)
— Review of Highway Bodies 2019 single work novel ; The Honeyman and the Hunter 2019 single work novel ; Four Dead Queens 2019 single work novel ; How It Feels to Float 2019 single work novel'On 20 August 2018 the ABC aired a ‘special literary edition’ of Q&A during the Melbourne Writers Festival. It had a stellar line-up: John Marsden, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Sofie Laguna, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, and Trent Dalton. Viewers must have been optimistic. Were Q&A’s producers indulging in a long hour of lively literary debate? Unfortunately, they were not. But even though politics overshadowed much of the discussion that evening, the panellists made a considerable effort to draw on their expertise as writers rather than as political commentators when answering questions from the audience.' (Introduction)
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Crawling with Stories : Four New Young Adult Novels
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June - July no. 412 2019; (p. 38-39)
— Review of Highway Bodies 2019 single work novel ; The Honeyman and the Hunter 2019 single work novel ; Four Dead Queens 2019 single work novel ; How It Feels to Float 2019 single work novel'On 20 August 2018 the ABC aired a ‘special literary edition’ of Q&A during the Melbourne Writers Festival. It had a stellar line-up: John Marsden, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Sofie Laguna, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, and Trent Dalton. Viewers must have been optimistic. Were Q&A’s producers indulging in a long hour of lively literary debate? Unfortunately, they were not. But even though politics overshadowed much of the discussion that evening, the panellists made a considerable effort to draw on their expertise as writers rather than as political commentators when answering questions from the audience.' (Introduction)
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[Review] Four Dead Queens
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 121 2019;
— Review of Four Dead Queens 2019 single work novel -
All Bases Covered
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , August vol. 99 no. 3 2019; (p. 5) 'Karys McEwen discusses the ways book design impacts students and librarians.'
Awards
- 2021 shortlisted REAL Awards — Fiction for Years 7-9
- 2021 shortlisted West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Older Readers
- 2020 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Debut
- 2020 winner Davitt Award — Best Young Adult Book
- 2020 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers