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Kate Maruyama

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Kate Maruyama writes, teaches, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles, where she lives with her family.

She is the author of The Collective (Writ Large Press), Bleak Houses (Raw Dog Screaming Press) and her novella Family Solstice which is in that book was named Best Fiction Book of the 2021 by Rue Morgue Magazine. Her historical novel Alterations is upcoming from Running Wild Press in March of 2023

Her short work has been published in Asimov's Magazine, Analog Science Fiction & Fact, The Coachella Review, and on Entropy, Gemini Magazine, Salon, The Rumpus and Duende, among others.

She is a member of the SFWA and HWA where she serves on the Diverse Works Inclusion Committee. She has served as a jury chair for The Bram Stoker Awards and twice as a jur ...more

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	Harrowgate 3.33 avg rating — 680 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Halloween Carnival Volume 3 by Brian James Freeman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author), Kate Maruyama (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Family Solstice 4.48 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Halloween Beyond: Piercing the Veil (Dark Tide Mysteries and Thrillers #4) by Lisa Morton (Goodreads Author), Lucy A. Snyder (Goodreads Author), Kate Maruyama (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 50 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asimov's Science Fiction, November/December 2020 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam Schreiber (Contributor), Alaya Dawn Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.96 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winter Horror Days by David Gerrold (Goodreads Author), Lisa Morton (Goodreads Author), K.A. Opperman (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Analog Science Fiction & Fact, July/August 2022 by Trevor Quachri (Editor), Shane Tourtellotte, Kelsey Hutton 3.89 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bleak Houses: Safer & Family Solstice (Selected Papers from the Consortium for the Study of Anomalous Phenomena #1) by Kate Maruyama (Goodreads Author), Rj Joseph (Editor) 4.06 avg rating — 32 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phantasma: Stories by Anne Charnock (Goodreads Author), J.D. Horn (Goodreads Author), Kate Maruyama (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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