Katie Lowe
Katie Lowe is represented by Juliet Mushens
Katie is a writer living in Worcester, UK. Her first novel, The Furies - a story of witchcraft and murder at a British private school in the 1990s - was published in 2019 in the UK, US, and 8 other territories, receiving positive reviews in The Times, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus, who described the novel as an "elegant, pitch-perfect coming-of-age story."
Her second novel, Possession (US) or The Murder of Graham Catton (UK), was released in 2021 - following a woman whose husband's murder a decade ago becomes the subject of a true crime podcast which threatens to exonerate the killer, and make her the prime suspect. With no memory of the night of her husband's death, Hannah is forced to relive their marriage through the podcast, one episode at a time. Is it possible she killed her husband, ten years ago? And if she did--will she get away with it, this time?
A graduate of the University of Birmingham, Katie has a BA(Hons) in English and an MPhil in Literature & Modernity, and in 2019 began work on her PhD in female rage in literary modernism and contemporary women's writing.
Praise for The Furies:
‘An atmospheric, disturbing, even scary tale that touches on otherworldliness’ — The Times
‘Too-cool-for-school teenage girls, an outsider welcomed into their fold, and murder…a guaranteed good read’ — Stylist
‘Witchcraft, murder, and adolescent passion’ — Heat
‘A perfect tale of teenage emotion and darkness’ — Emerald Street
‘Witchcraft, murder and adolescent passion…Unsettling and suspenseful’ — Sunday Mirror
‘A potential hit’ — Sunday Times
‘A spell-binding debut that examines the dark heart of friendship, obsession, and revenge. I was bewitched by Katie Lowe's deliciously chilling storytelling. The Furies is a compulsive and unsettling read, dripping in atmosphere and suspense’ — Lucy Clarke, bestselling author of You Let Me In
‘The Furies can be described as Prep meets The Craft, while managing to be a dark, weird creature all of its own. Witches, murder, and teenage girls – this is the book of my dreams. I am obsessed’ — Louise O’Neill, bestselling author of Only Ever Yours
‘The Furies is mesmerising, disturbing and completely addictive – it's a brilliant book about the power, vulnerability and rage of teenage girls, and it couldn't feel more timely. Lowe's beautiful prose is thrillingly, chillingly dark, and Violet is the sort of heroine that you want to throw yourself down the rabbit hole with – you know that she's going somewhere terrifying but you have to follow her journey’ — Daisy Buchanan, author of The Sisterhood
‘Witchcraft, teenage angst, friendship, murder. A beautifully-paced debut with hints of The Secret History. Intense, stylish, and deliciously dark’ — Will Dean, author of Dark Pines
‘The Furies is a haunting tale of angry, young women, the fates they hold and furies they possess. Katie Lowe steers her juggernaut through twists of madness, revenge and murder to a finish that resonates deeply. It still hasn’t left me’ — Peter Filardi, screenwriter of The Craft
Rights sold:
The Furies: HarperCollins (UK), St Martin’s Press (US), HarperCollins (Brazil), AW Bruna (Netherlands), Gummerus (Finland), Mandadori (Italy), Czarna Owca (Poland), AST (Russia), Siruela (Spain), Modernista (Sweden)
The Murder Of Graham Catton/Possession: HarperCollins (UK), St Martin’s Press (US)
Option publishers: HarperCollins (Brazil), Gummerus (Finland), Mondadori (Italy), Bruna (Netherlands), Czarna (Poland), AST (Russia), Siruela (Spain), Modernista (Sweden)