K. J. Harrowick
K. J. Harrowick is a fantasy and science fiction author with a strong passion for twisted stories blending grimdark worlds and futuristic technology. She holds an AIS, and is the co-founder of the I Know Why She Stayed Initiative and Authors Against Abuse where she brings more than two decades of industry experience as a freelancer for web development, graphic designer, and brand management.
In the writing community, K. J. is a co-founder of the Writing Mystics, where she serves as an author coach, a WriteHive mentor, a repeat panelist for the Weeknight Writers Convention and WriteHive Annual Convention, a co-founder of the Writing Mystics, and she’s been a contestant on the gameshow Wordcrash! K. J. also teaches online workshops about writing craft, building an author career, email campaigns, and why self-publishing is a career choice, not a last resort.
With an unhealthy obsession for tacos, cheese, and beer, K. J. lives on a working chicken and cattle farm with her furry and feathery companions. She’s working on her latest novel, The Mountain and the Moon, which is currently set to release in 2026.
Praise for Bloodflower
I enjoyed the shift of Jàden from helpless and broken to the badass she is, making the necessary decisions to find Kale and trying not to hurt Jon in the process. The worldbuilding. The tree people. The tech. The non-tech. The way technology was made into myths. The shapeshifters. Love it all
Harrowick does a truly astonishing job weaving a tale of love and strife in a way that is relateable and tough to predict. I found myself surprised multiple times at some of the turns in the book.
Bloodflower hooked me from page one and never let go. It had everything I could want in a story: action, adventure, swoon-worthy romance, mystery, incredible world-building, unique magic, twists and surprises, characters that you love and hate. I’ve honestly never read a book with such an incredible mash-up of a technologically advanced world colliding with an intelligent sword and sorcery style world.
This book was GREAT! I love science-fantasy, and it hit just the right balance of sci-fi, fantasy, and romance for me. I loved the main characters, got angry at the antagonists, and mourned all the right corpses. This story takes place in a brutal world, but the fighting serves the plot and moves the story forward. Harrowick’s take on human-animal shifters was awesome, and I’d love to see it on film.
I raced through this book! Scifi, fantasy, magic, past lives, future worlds, romance, action and adventure, otters!… Bloodflower has it all! Part Altered Carbon/part The Expanse/part Polaris Rising, this story grabbed me from the first page and wouldn’t let go.
