Karen McCombie

About Karen McCombie

Karen McCombie is from Aberdeen but now lives in North London with her husband and four fat cats.

Karen is now a full-time writer but before that she worked for several teen magazines such as Just Seventeen and Sugar in a variety roles – everything from Fashion Editor to Features Editor!

Her highly successful series is Ally’s World. Ally Love is thirteen and lives with her weird family in a falling down house in Crouch End. Her eccentric mother’s not around so it’s just Dad, the four Love children and an array of pets including a three-legged cat, a vicious hamster and some stick insects.

There are loads of fab titles to enjoy in the series including The Past, The Present and the Loud, Loud Girl and Dates, Double Dates and Big, Big Trouble, Butterflies, Bullies and Bad, Bad Habits and Friends, Freak-Outs and Very Secret Secrets.

Karen has had over ten books published for teenagers including My Funny Valentine, Blissed Out, Winter Wonderland. My Sister the Superbitch and Love is the Drug in the Teen-Rated range.

When not writing Karen spends her time belly-dancing!

Interviews

• Interview with Karen McCombie

By Karen McCombie