Katherine Ewell wrote Dear Killer when she was seventeen years old. She was one of fifty finalists out of 5,000 entries in the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest and has attended the invitational Iowa Young Writers' Studio. In addition, she has the distinction of being named a California Arts Scholar and has been awarded the California Governor's Medallion for artistically talented youth. Dear Killer is her first novel.
"Ewell's narrative presents a beautifully nuanced and entirely believable portrait of a young woman slowly cracking as she finds herself applying the consequences of her amorality to those she has befriended." -- ALA Booklist"With thoughtful discussions on philosophy and human nature, as well as satisfyingly detailed and gory descriptions of murders, readers will find plenty to savor and discuss." -- ALA Booklist"Underneath the dark sensationalism thus lurks a complex framing of moral questions that thoughtful teens will want to grapple with." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"This unusual and absorbing debut looks at a serial killer through the eyes of the killer herself." -- Kirkus Reviews"Shocking, mesmerizing, and very smart." -- Michael Grant, New York Times bestselling author of the Gone series
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