Katie Bernet is the author of Beth Is Dead, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. She’s an award-winning creative director and a long-standing member of the DFW Writer’s Workshop. As the oldest of three sisters, she’s a diehard fan of Little Women.
Recently I asked Bernet about what she was reading. Her reply:
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes a “high concept” novel, so I’ve been reading books that have well-defined, grabby premises. In the young adult space, I just finished reading Kill Creatures by Rory Power which is a murder mystery written from the perspective of the killer—chilling, clever, and horribly believable. I justVisit Katie Bernet's website.started reading Let’s Split Up by Bill Wood which was pitched as Scream meets Scooby Doo and totally delivers on both the horror and the quirky group dynamics.
In the adult space, I just finished reading Sky Daddy by Kate Folk about a woman who is attracted to planes, and I was shocked by how much I empathized with the main character. I just started reading Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake, a satire about a sorority that practices cannibalism. Highly recommend all four of these.
The Page 69 Test: Beth Is Dead.
My Book, The Movie: Beth Is Dead.
--Marshal Zeringue