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Catriona McKeown Author
Arriving in MAY 2025
Ways to Die Right: Joel is no stranger to death. With his mom battling cancer and his sister’s grave site to care for, death is a topic never far from his mind. So when Joel learns how bad traditional burials are to the environment, he takes it on himself to teach the world – and his family – about ways to die right.
Ways To Die Right is a teen novella (short novel) written for busy teens or reluctant readers. Look out for more books in the Rhiza Shorts range.
Pre-order Ways to Die Right on Amazon here
Releasing in June 2025
Good Luck and Other Lies:
Six teenagers.
Fifty million dollars.
One lie that will have them questioning everything.
Good Luck and Other Lies is a full-length Young Adult novel featuring Cassie, a social outcast who is desperate for the kind of money that will turn her life around. When she overhears her old friendship group discussing entering an upcoming lotto competition, she begs to be part of the plan. And when they win, Cassie's life is turned around, just not quite the way she had in mind.
Good Luck and Other Lies will be available for purchase from June 2025
Other titles by Catriona McKeown
Graceland was named after the King of Pop’s mansion by her Elvis- obsessed mum. But she’s not rich, not famous and definitely not noticeable. That is, until Cooper asks her out. Suddenly Grace is having to navigate the world she had so desperately wanted, without losing herself.
There's a new boy in Kat's class. He acts weird, talks weird, and always wears a hoodie even though it's not cold. But as she gets to know him, Kat realises there is more to this boy than just strange behaviour. He's deep. He's hurting. And she may just be the only one who can help him.
Neurodiversity in her novels
Catriona has worked as an Inclusive Education Teacher in High Schools in Queensland for over ten years. The students she works with range from those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Specific Learning Difficulties in Reading/Writing (Dyslexia). Her writing reflects teens with these different versions of neurodiversity within her stories.
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