Karen Ette

Dr Karen Ette gained her PhD in English at Loughborough University where she has lectured on the M.A. in Creative Writing.

Her novel, Don't Be Late in the Morning, is the first and only novel to be written about the Leicestershire Regiment in the First World War and is written from unpublished letters and diaries.

She has also written for the journal of the Western Front Association, Stand To!

She is a writer with Ruler’s Wit (www.rulerswit.co.uk) and has published work with them in Spring Tales, Summer Tales, Autumn Tales, Winter Tales and The Green Man's Dark Secret.

Her popular Christmas books are: A Second Christmas Truce? The Advent Calendar Recipe Book and On Clouds of Words.

Karen has written introductions and chapters in books, published by Igloo: (Comfort Food, Chocolate and Harold Shipman).

Magazine articles include: Your Cat, The Racing Pigeon and the magazine of the Leicestershire and Rutland Western Front Association, The Tiger. She is also a member of Leicester Writers’ Club and writes two blogs:

www.Battlefieldsandbeyond.com and www.FancyPansCafe.com

Karen was a judge for the BBC's 500 Words competition for ten years.Having worked in educational administration for many years, she helped 1000s of students to correctly complete their UCAS applications. She understands the anxiety this process can create and is keen to help and guide prospective undergraduates towards a successful application by sharing the experience gathered in Your UCAS Application: A Step-by-Step Guide.

All publications can be seen at https://karenette.carbonmade.com

Trained by the Publishing Training Centre, Karen is also a copy-editor and proofreader at www.thewriterssecrethelper.com