Karen J Carlisle is a writer of steampunk, Victorian mysteries and fantasy.
Illustrator. Gardener. Chocoholic and tea lover.
Karen is currently writing the second book in her steampunk adventure series, The Department of Curiosities, set mostly in Adelaide.
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Other books include:
The Adventures of Viola Stewart is a three-book series of Victorian mysteries, set in the late 1880s. Viola Stewart is a widowed optician with a penchant for detectiving who, with her friend, Doctor Henry Collins, chases secret societies and uncovers nefarious plots.
The Department of Curiosities is the second series of books set in Karen J Carlisle’s Victorian steampunk world. This series is set in early to mid 1880s, with new characters, and is a rollicking steampunk tale of adventure, a heroine, mad scientists, traitors and secrets. All for the good of the Empire.
Her ongoing series, The Aunt Enid Mysteries, are cosy(ish) fantasy mysteries set in Adelaide.
Great Aunt Enid is your average seventy-something year old. She loves to cook, is a regular at bingo and spends hours in her garden, talking to her army of garden gnomes and fussing over the colour of her hydrangeas…
And only she stands between the Dark and the fate of the world.
Aunt Enid’s back, but something’s changed…
A deal with fairies… to solve a mystery… and prevent a war.
Fairies and magic: It’s all real!
Find out how Arthur Conan Doyle’s visit to Adelaide in 1920, and Adelaide’s mysterious fairy doors inspired the book.
Book 2, A Fey Tale, Now available direct from author
(Buy your print copy here – Australia)
or as eBook or print online.
Learn more about A Fey Tale: follow the book blog tour
You can find Karen on Instagram and Facebook , and support her on Patreon to receive sneak peeks, exclusives, behind the scenes, and more, or buy her a cup of tea at Ko-fi.
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