Katiaesque

  • Giveaway to Celebrate!

    Dear readers! Welcome to my new site, designed by the talented Hafsah Faizal of Icey Designs! To celebrate all the magic in this beautiful new space, I am giving away three awesome prizes! Prize 1: A signed early copy of my debut novel CASTLE OF CONCRETE Prize 2: A beautiful hand-painted Russian swan princess fairytale…

    Katia Raina

  • #1 in YA Jewish New Releases

    It’s so surreal, I just have to share. My debut novel, so embarrassingly many years in the making, a little under four months now before its actual launch, is currently a #1 in New Release in Jewish Teen and Young Adult Fiction on Amazon. Just as incredible, as of this writing, it is sharing a…

    Katia Raina

  • Biggest Distraction

    #Authorlifemonth is a campaign that showcases what it’s like to be an author or a writer. Writers, published and unpublished, share photos and snippets on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or any other social media, answering questions that give people the glimpse into their daily glamorous routines! 🙂 Jumping in midway here — and this isn’t going…

    Katia Raina

  • Day 7: CASTLE OF CONCRETE

    CASTLE OF CONCRETE by Katia Raina, Young Europe, June 2019 #YADebut2019 #MagicMirror Aaaaand here it is, my friends: the news and the big mystery; here it is, the secret revealed! My historical YA debut, CASTLE OF CONCRETE, set in the last year of the falling-apart Soviet Union, is the story of a timid Jewish girl…

    Katia Raina

  • Dragons and Aliens Make For Great Excuses

    Yikes! Sorry about the 22-day silence. (Yes, I counted). If it makes you feel any better, it’s not just you guys I haven’t been talking to. I have disappeared from just about everywhere else. Facebook. Friends. (What friends?) Stopped making phone calls to my mother and grandmother. Like I said, yikes! (An update in case…

    Katia Raina