The Unladylike Adventures of Kat Stephenson

Book one: A Most Improper Magick is out in Summer 2010!

Photograph of Grantham Abbey (actually Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire)

In Kat Stephenson's Regency England, magic is the greatest scandal of all...

At twelve years old, any proper young lady should be sitting quietly at home, practicing her embroidery, learning French, and keeping her mouth closed and her opinions to herself.

But Kat Stephenson is no ordinary young lady.

Kat's father may be a respectable vicar, but her late mother was a notorious witch, her brother has gambled the whole family into debt, and Kat herself is the newest target of an ancient and secretive magical Order.

Now Kat's ready to do whatever it takes to win all three of her older siblings their true loves, even if she has to battle highwaymen, Napoleonic spies, wild magic, and even ghosts along the way.

The Unladylike Adventures of Kat Stephenson is a Regency fantasy trilogy for ten- to fifteen-year-olds, published by Atheneum Books.

Book One, A Most Improper Magick, will be published June 15, 2010 in the US and August 2010 in the UK. Find out more about the book and the characters, and go behind the scenes...

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What they said

"Kat Stephenson has become one of my all-time favorite heroines. I can’t wait for the next installment!"

Tiffany Trent, author of the Hallowmere series.