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Emily Koch


Emily Koch is an award-winning journalist and graduate of the Bath Spa Creative Writing programme. Her debut novel, If I Die Before I Wake, was shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award, longlisted for Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, and selected as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. She lives in Bristol.

Books by Emily Koch

What July Knew

A moving mystery about family secrets, grief and growing up, for fans of Joanna Cannon, Jo Browning Wroe, The Appeal and Elizabeth is Missing

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Keep Him Close

Alice keeps her identity secret when she befriends the mother of her son's killer. Keep Him Close is a dark psychological drama about love, hate and forgiveness.

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If I Die Before I Wake

A stunning edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller with an unforgettable narrator

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Emily Koch | On If I Die Before I Wake

Emily Koch, author of psychological thriller If I Die Before I Wake, introduces her debut novel and tells us what led her to write the book. Read the first chapter now: http://po.st/ReadIfIDie