Kate L. Mary Follow

Award-Winning Author and Creator of New Worlds Troy, Ohio

About the author

I'm a mom of four, Air Force wife, and author of adult and young adult dystopian, post-apocalyptic, and science fiction. I love intense world building and character driven stories that feature strong female leads - as well as a side of romance - and any end of the world scenario. Zombies, aliens, a distant future where people have no clue how the world ended in the first place, you name it, I will create a story there!

Having lived in a lot of different places after more than a decade as an Air Force wife, I love setting my books in cities I've actually lived in to give them authenticity. I've resided in: Indiana, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, California, and Oklahoma but am currently back in my home state of Ohio where I live with my husband, four kids, two dogs, and three cats.

When I'm not writing, you can find me by my pool (in the summer), getting lost in some binge-worthy show or at a play with my husband, patronizing one of the great restaurants in my small town of Troy, Ohio with my family, or traveling. I want to see everything and make a point of visiting a new place every year!

Awards:

Outliers
Winner in the 2018 Kindle Books Awards for Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction
B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree
Finalist in the 2018 Wishing Shelf Book Awards For Adult Fiction
Top 10 Finalist in the Author Academy Awards for Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction
Cover Finalist in the 2019 RONE Awards from InD'tale Magazine

When We Were Human
2015 Children's Moonbeam Awards Silver Medal winner for Young Adult Fantasy/Sci-Fi Fiction
2016 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner for Young Adult Science Fiction

Tribe of Daughters
Winner in the 2020 RONE Awards for Time Travel/Science Fiction
Bronze Medal Winner in the 2019 Readers' Favorite Book Awards for Science Fiction
Honorable Mention in the 2018 SPR Book Awards

Genres: Post-Apocalyptic FantasyYoung adultAlien InvasionApocalypticDystopianPost-Apocalyptic sci-fi

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Feed Your Fiction Addiction

Well, book #2 in this series definitely did not let me down! If anything, I think I loved it even a little bit more than the first book! Shattered Worldpicks up right where Broken World left off, and the gang is rescued and allowed into the shelter – by a movie star!What I LOVED:The zombies. The zo…

Starling Gray for InD'tale Magazine

Drea lives in a perfect world, except for the wall. The fifteen-foot barrier is there to keep her safe, just like the Protectors patrolling her clean and orderly little world. There is no crime, no violence, and no strife, but Drea can feel the wrongness in every perfectly timed aspect of her life,…

Carole's Random Life Review

I had a great time with this audiobook. I recently read six of the seven books in Kate L. Mary’s Broken World series and really enjoyed myself. When I saw that there was another series set in the same world, I knew that I needed to read those books. Once I started listening, I couldn’t stop and …

InD'tale Magazine

Rowan, Kiaya, and Kyle begin as strangers, carpooling from University of Phoenix to their respective hometowns, when a deadly virus kills infected victims all across the country. After Kyle becomes infected and dies in a hotel room during a pit stop in Texas, they team up with another stranger also…

InD'tale Magazine

Indra is an Outlier, part of a group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic world. Her group is at the bottom of the food chain. She serves the Sovereign who are inside the walled city with the remaining technology. She makes the journey through the wastelands to serve the Sovereign, so her family can …