Karen McCombie

Karen Grace McCombie is a best-selling children’s and YA novelist, originally from Aberdeen and now living and working in London. After studying Graphic Design and Communication, she became a journalist, writing for a number of girl’s magazines such as J17 and Sugar. She wrote on subjects ranging from fashion to pets, quizzes to features.

In the late 1990s McCombie was asked to write short stories for Sugar magazine, which formed the basis of a series of novels written under a pseudonym for Scholastic books. She now writes full-time, and has a number of different series, including Ally’s World, Stella Etc, Sadie Rocks! and Indie Kidd, as well as a number of stand-alone novels.

Karen McCombie lives in North London with her husband, daughter and two cats.