Katherine Arden

Katherine Arden

  • 5 stars across 7 books
Born in Austin, Texas, Katherine Arden spent a year of high school in Rennes, France. Following her acceptance to Middlebury College in Vermont, she deferred enrollment for a year in order to live and study in Moscow. At Middlebury, she specialized in French and Russian literature. After receiving her BA, she moved to Maui, Hawaii, working every kind of odd job imaginable, from grant writing and making crepes to guiding horse trips. Currently, she lives in Vermont, but really, you never know.
27th August 2019

Dead Voices

Having survived sinister scarecrows and the malevolent Smiling Man in Small Spaces, newly minted best friends Ollie, Coc... MoreDead Voices

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9th July 2019

Small Spaces

New York Times bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debut with a cr... MoreSmall Spaces

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10th August 2021

Dark Waters

Until next time. That was chilling promise made to Ollie, Coco and Brian after they outsmarted the smiling man at Mount ... MoreDark Waters

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15th August 2023

Empty Smiles

New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden thrills once again in the finale to the critically acclaimed, bone-chi... MoreEmpty Smiles

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3rd September 2024

The Strangest Fish

In this bewitching picture book debut from bestselling fantasy author Katherine Arden, a girl wins an odd-looking goldfi... MoreThe Strangest Fish

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4th September 2025

Small Spaces

The spellbindingly creepy middle-grade debut from the bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale. ‘Terrifying an... MoreSmall Spaces

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2nd August 2018

Small Spaces

"We don't pick and choose what to be afraid of. Our fears pick us." Tash Carmody has been traumatised since... MoreSmall Spaces

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  • Dark Waters

    Dark Waters

    by Reebs

    Dark Waters is the 3rd book in the Small Spaces Quartet series. Ollie, Coco and Brian are at Brain's family inn. They are still on edge after their en...

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    Dead voices is just as creepy as book 1, Small Spaces, if not creepier. After beating the Smiling Man and his evil scarecrows Coco, Brian and Ollie ar...

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    Best book ever! Oh I loved this book. I would’ve loved it as a child - creepy, exciting and interesting. 

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