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Karin Nordin
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✍️ Horror & Thriller Author (CWA Dagger & ITW Award Nominee)
📖 THE MAN IN ROOM SEVEN (Out Now!)
📚Published by HQ Stories / HarperCollinsUK
🖊️ Rep’d by Anne Tibbets; DMLA
🐈 Cats & Cosplay
🖖🏼 Marty to my friends (they/she)

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Happy US Publication Day to my newest suspense thriller, THE MAN IN ROOM SEVEN! Now available in paperback on Amazon and Barnes & Noble! 🥳📚
A paperback copy of THE MAN IN ROOM SEVEN by Karin Nordin sits on a marble kitchen countertop.
July 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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I went to my first #FedCon over the weekend. I’m so overwhelmed by all of the kindness, enthusiasm, and friendship I received from every single person I met. My heart is truly full. ❤️🖖🏼
Author Karin Nordin sitting in an auditorium while dressed in a gold TOS uniform.
June 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Thrilled to share that I’ll be moderating the panel “ANXIETY, ENVY OR FEAR?—EMOTIONS IN THRILLERS” at this year’s ThrillerFest in NYC. This is an incredible lineup of authors! If you’re attending make sure you join us! 📚✍️
April 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Great deal for readers in the UK and Ireland! From now until April 18th, 40% off all of my paperbacks if purchased on harpercollins.co.uk! Just use the code SPRING40! And free shipping on orders over £25! 🤩📚
Photo shows the book SWEET LITTLE LIES by Karin Nordin now 40% off if purchased on harpercollins.co.uk Photo shows the book THE MAN IN ROOM SEVEN by Karin Nordin now 40% off if purchased on harpercollins.co.uk Photo shows the book WHERE RAVENS ROOST by Karin Nordin now 40% off if purchased on harpercollins.co.uk Photo shows the book LAST ONE ALIVE by Karin Nordin now 40% off if purchased on harpercollins.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I can’t be at the physical protest in London today, but I’m standing in solidarity alongside my fellow authors, creatives, and members of the @societyofauthors.bsky.social in demanding that Meta be held accountable for their theft of thousands of books, novels, and research papers. #DoTheWriteThing
April 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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It’s time to #DoTheWriteThing Meta. Fairly compensate the authors you stole from. We didn’t consent to the use of our work to train your AI.

Stop #bookthieves now! 🛑
April 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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What a brilliant, timely, and fervent warning wrapped up in a painstakingly poignant story. Well done, Suzanne. And may the odds that we can create a better future be ever in our favor. #sunriseonthereaping
All five hardcover copies of the Hunger Games books in front of a bookcase. Dagger, a ginger cat, lies beside a copy of SUNRISE ON THE REAPING by Suzanne Collins.
April 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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I’ll be heading to FedCon at the end of May! My first ever sci-fi convention! But which Star Trek cosplays should I bring? (I have 40! 😵‍💫) 🤔🖖🏼
Author Karin Nordin dressed in a gold command dress uniform from Star Trek: The Original Series Author Karin Nordin dressed as Mirror Spock. Author Karin Nordin dressed Tilly from Star Trek: Discovery. Author Karin Nordin dressed as Admiral Pike from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
March 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Greeted by my local grocery store cat. 😸
Author Karin Nordin crouches down to pet a short-haired calico cat in front of the grocery store.
March 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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There are three signed copies of WHERE RAVENS ROOST at Foyle’s Bookshop (Charing Cross Road) in London! Get them while you can! @hqstories.bsky.social
Author Karin Nordin stands beside three signed copies of WHERE RAVENS ROOST at the Foyle’s Bookshop (Charing Cross Road) in London. Author Karin Nordin signing copies of WHERE RAVENS ROOST at the Foyle’s Bookshop (Charing Cross Road) in London.
March 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Summer vacation is just around the corner! Have you preordered your paperback copy of THE MAN IN ROOM SEVEN for your trip yet? Out in the US on July 29th! 📚
Author Karin Nordin holds up a paperback copy of THE MAN IN ROOM SEVEN in front of a bookshelf.
March 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Today marks four years since the publication of my debut novel! Happy Birthday, Where Ravens Roost! 🐦‍⬛📚
Author Karin Nordin holds up a paperback copy of their first novel, Where Ravens Roost. A hand holds up a paperback copy of Where Ravens Roost by Karin Nordin in front of a bookshelf.
February 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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About to dive into this new arc from Catherine Cooper, the Queen of Destination Suspense! 🤩📚
Photo shows a hand holding up an iPad displaying the digital cover for THE PENTHOUSE, the new suspense thriller by Catherine Cooper.
February 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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My most recent comic book read! Absolutely loved this one! I’ll be making a review on my YouTube soon! 🤓 #superman
Photo shows a hand holding up the deluxe edition graphic novel of SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT in front of a bookshelf.
January 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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It’s official! I’m a horror author now! 🤩📚
Photo shows the Publisher’s Marketplace announcement for EATERS OF THE PARALLAX by Karin Nordin, to be published in fall 2026 with HQ Digital.
January 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Watson living his best life. Naps, heaters, Stargate SG-1. 🐈
Watson, a ginger cat, sleeps in front of an electric fireplace heater while an iPad plays an episode of Stargate SG-1.
January 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Writing with a cat: good for my mood, bad for my posture. 😹
Author Karin Nordin sits at their desk trying to draft their next book while Dagger the ginger cat sits on their shoulders.
January 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Sometimes you just have to wake up and be Dana Scully. 👽🛸 #thexfiles #cosplay
Karin Nordin is dressed as Dana Scully from The X-Files; wearing a red wig, black suit, FBI badge, and holding a Fox Mulder desk nameplate.
January 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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It doesn’t get any better than this. 🐈❤️📚
Dagger, a ginger cat, sleeps on a brown blanket in front of a wall of books (mostly thriller and horror novels.)
January 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Cats. Fireplace. Godzilla Movie Marathon. Starting the New Year on the Right Note. 🤓🐈🐈
Watson and Dagger, two ginger cats, sitting on my lap by the fireplace while we watch a Godzilla movie.
January 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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None of us will make it to midnight. So happy early new year to everyone! We’re off to bed. 🐈🎇🐈🎆
Watson and Dagger, two ginger cats, sleeping on a green blanket hours before the new year.
December 31, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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Last chance to get THE MAN IN ROOM SEVEN for only 99¢/99p on ebook! Sale ends at the start of the new year! Get it while you can! 📚 #thrillerbooks
Photo shows the cover to THE MAN IN ROOM SEVEN by Karin Nordin, now on sale for only 99¢/99p on Amazon Kindle for US and UK readers!
December 30, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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The holidays were very bookish this year! 🤩📚
A stack of books: Devils Kill Devils, The Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Star Trek Lost to Eternity, The Last Days of Jack Sparks, Fever House, Night of the Living Cat (volumes 2-5) Author Karin Nordin leans on a stack of books including: the four novels in the Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard, Midwestern Gothic, We Used to Live Here, Make It So, Star Trek Picard Firewall, Star Trek Defiant volume 3 graphic novel
December 28, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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Introducing my children to Home Alone. 🐈🐈
Watson and Dagger, two ginger cats, sleep on a green blanket while the tv in front of them plays Home Alone. The living room is full of cat toys and scratching posts.
December 23, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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The cats and I are curling up to finally read THE OTHER PEOPLE by CJ Tudor which has been on my shelf for 100 years. (Yes, that date is accurate.)
Two ginger cats, Watson and Dagger, sitting on a lap in front of a wall length bookshelf while the owner of said lap holds up a copy of The Other People by CJ Tudor.
December 18, 2024 at 1:20 PM