Kate Murdoch is the author of Stone Circle. She exhibited widely as a painter both in Australia and internationally before turning her hand to writing. In between writing historical fiction, she enjoys writing short stories and flash fiction. Her short-form fiction is regularly published in Australia, UK, US and Canada. Stone Circle is a historical fantasy novel set in Renaissance Italy. It was released by Fireship Press December 1st 2017. Her novel, The Orange Grove, about the passions and intrigues of court mistresses in 18th century France, will be published by Regal House Publishing in 2019.
I’ve been quietly editing, on and off, for the past couple of months and have just signed off on the manuscript. For a couple of weeks it was solid, this last week just small changes. There are now aspects of the English language I’m on close terms with, tiny grammatical issues and duplications I never … More Update – Stone Circle
It’s been six years since I started writing and around four years since I finished Stone Circle. I then spent some time on the now defunct writing site ‘Authonomy’, run by Harper Collins, which I think of as my apprenticeship, along with a brief stint at Swinburne University. Writers critiqued each others’ work and competed to rise … More Birthing a historical fantasy baby
Kate Murdoch Author 