Karen Perry
Karen Perry was the pen-name of Paul Perry and Karen Gillece. Together we have written four bestselling novels, and one novella, all published by Penguin: THE BOY THAT NEVER WAS, THE INNOCENT SLEEP (US edition of BOY), THE GIFTS, ONLY WE KNOW, GIRL UNKNOWN, and SHOOT THE CROWS forthcoming. Karen Perry's novels are regularly cited in the national press as Books of Year: The Irish Times, The Independent, The Telegraph, and have been translated in a number of European languages. Paul left the Karen Perry project in 2018 to pursue his own writing projects.
The Boy That Never Was appeared as a Simon Mayo Book Club Choice in 2014.
Girl Unknown is in development for TV with tiger aspect, the award winning production company of Peaky Blinders.
The Boy That Never Was is in development as a feature film with production company Subotica. Karen and I are currently writing the screenplay.
Praise for Karen Perry:
'A truly remarkable novel. The Boy That Never Was is a pitch-perfect balance of driving plot and honest, complex human emotion. Written in a captivating, lyrical style and brilliantly structured, the story grips your heart from the first pages and simply never lets go' Jeffery Deaver
Praise for Girl Unknown
'Karen Perry writes intense psychological thrillers that explore emotional danger with relentless, surgical accuracy, and this may be their best yet' Tana French
'One of the most richly satisfying psychological thrillers of 2016, a book that hooks the reader from the first page' Irish Independent
The Boy That Never Was appeared as a Simon Mayo Book Club Choice in 2014.
Girl Unknown is in development for TV with tiger aspect, the award winning production company of Peaky Blinders.
The Boy That Never Was is in development as a feature film with production company Subotica. Karen and I are currently writing the screenplay.
Praise for Karen Perry:
'A truly remarkable novel. The Boy That Never Was is a pitch-perfect balance of driving plot and honest, complex human emotion. Written in a captivating, lyrical style and brilliantly structured, the story grips your heart from the first pages and simply never lets go' Jeffery Deaver
Praise for Girl Unknown
'Karen Perry writes intense psychological thrillers that explore emotional danger with relentless, surgical accuracy, and this may be their best yet' Tana French
'One of the most richly satisfying psychological thrillers of 2016, a book that hooks the reader from the first page' Irish Independent