Kate Harrington
Kate Harrington breaks her life into four bookish sections. First, her childhood spent reading reading, reading: in the apple tree consuming green apples; in the basement on hot summer afternoons; in bed, of course!
After a break for college degrees, she read aloud to her own kids, where she rediscovered a love of children’s literature. The perfect followup to that was a library career specializing in youth services. Now in retirement, she has the time to write.
She writes science fiction because, as an incurable optimist, she has to find hope in our future; and she re-envisions fairy tales to discover the hidden wisdom of the past.
Needing to feel rooted to a place (possibly due to moving across the country at the age of almost-three), she explores the many ways a person can come home—to self, to loved ones, and even to this blue-green planet Earth.
Books
Pawn Quest – Book 1 of a trilogy, three teens connected to a mystery of disappearances find themselves uprooted and shipped into space on a journey they never imagined or desired.
Ty’s Choice is a companion novel to Pawn Quest. Ten-year-old Ty’s attempts to save his mother propel him from his people’s subterranean world beneath Dodge City into the enticing promise and danger of outside.
Planet Quest – Book 2 of the Pawn Quest trilogy. Thirteen teens lost on a hostile world. They’ll starve if not found soon. Ran and Aryn set out in search across a windy prickly landscape.
Pawn Quest
Planet Quest
Ty’s Choice
BLOG UPDATE
From Kate’s Blog
Recipes for Balance
Saffron crocuses in my backyard. Every day or two there are new blossoms from which to harvest the red stigmas. What luxury! Years ago, while waiting to hear back from a job application, I gave myself orders to: Take a walk. Talk to someone. Write something. I see now that that recipe served me to…
Breaking Out
Do you know how hard it is to stop a habit and then start it up again? The resistance. The second thoughts. The imaginary fears. I’m not sure what all is involved, probably all of the above. It’s certainly true where swimming is concerned and seems to be the same for blogging. Anyway, my therapist…
For the Birds
The heat is on—outside and sometimes in. A call to repair my swamp cooler (because water was pouring off the roof) eventually brought a repairman. He showed me a photo of a series of holes in a tube from which water was spraying. He blamed it on birds seeking water. Note to Self: Refill the…
