Welcome to my website, with huge thanks to the generosity of Creative New Zealand and the web design brilliance of Brence Coghill at Monstrous. I am thrilled to announce my new series for young readers: Violet and the Velvets, about a primary school girls’ punk rock band that solves mysteries. The first one, The Case of the Missing Stuff, illustrated by the talented Phoebe Morris, is out 18 March in Australia and New Zealand with Allen and Unwin. Please enjoy this book trailer… made by Allen and Unwin’s amazing designer Jo Pearson, with a soundtrack by Violet and the Velvets!

Praise for Rachael King

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An essay about why I’m no longer writing (novels) for adults at The Spinoff
a bit about
Rachael King
I’m a writer, book reviewer and former literary festival director from Aotearoa New Zealand. I love music and started playing bass guitar in rock bands when I was 15, but these days I spend more time listening than playing. When I was young, I tried to ride every horse I met and could often be found galloping bareback along a beach with the wind in my hair.
