Karen Grace McCombie (born 28 August 1963 in Aberdeen, Scotland) is an author of children and young adult novels. Currently, she lives in London with her husband Tom, and their 13-year-old daughter Milly She is the author of the series Stella Etc., Ally's World, Indie Kidd, Sadie Rocks, and You, Me and Thing. She has also written eleven stand-alone novels.
Ally's World character Rowan Love also stars in The Raspberry Rules.
Series
Ally's World
- The Past, the Present and the Loud, Loud Girl
- Dates, Double Dates and Big, Big Trouble
- Butterflies, Bullies and Bad, Bad Habits
- Friends, Freak-outs and Very Secret Secrets
- Boys, Brothers and Jelly-Belly Dancing
- Sisters, Super-creeps and Slushy, Gushy Love Songs
- Parties, Predicaments and Undercover Pets
- Tattoos, Tell-tales and Terrible, Terrible Twins
- Mates, Mysteries and Pretty Weird Weirdness
- Daisy, Dad and the Huge, Small Surprise
- Rainbows, Rowan and True, True Romance (?)
- Visitors, Vanishings and Va-Va-Va Voom
- Crushes, Cliques and the Cool, School Trip
- Hassles, Heart-pings!, and Sad, Happy Endings
- Sunshine, Sunburn And Not-So-Sweet-Nothings (Summer special)
- Angels, Arguments and a Furry, Merry Christmas (Christmas special, prequel to main series)
Plus:
- A Guided Tour of Ally's World
- My V. Groovy Ally's World Journal
Stella Etc.
- Frankie, Peaches and Me
- Sweet-Talking TJ
- Meet The Real World, Rachel
- Truly, Madly Megan
- Amber and the Hot Pepper Jelly
- Twists, Turns and 100% Tilda
- Forever and Ever and Evie
Indie Kidd
- How to be Good(ish)
- Oops, I Lost My Best(est) Friends
- Being Grown-Up Is Cool (Not)
- Are We Having Fun Yet? (Hmm?)
- Wow, I’m a Gazillionaire! (I Wish...)
- My Big (Strange) Happy Family
- Me and the School (un)Fair
- I Spy a (Not So) White Lie
Specials:
- My (Most Excellent) Pet Project
- Indie Kidd's (Most Excellent) Best Friend Guide
- Indie Kidd's (Most Excellent) Guide to Fun for Free
Sadie Rocks!
- Happiness, And All That Stuff
- Deep Joy, Or Something Like It
- It's All Good (In Your Dreams)
- Smile! It's Meant To Be Fun
You, Me and Thing
- The Curse of the Jelly Babies
- The Dreaded Noodle-doodle
- The Legend of the Loch Ness Lilo
- The Mummy That Went Moo
Angels Next Door
- Angels Next Door
- Angels in Training
- Angels Like Me
St Grizzle's
- St Grizzle's School for Girls, Goats and Random Boys (January 2017)
- St Grizzle's School for Girls, Ghosts and Runaway Grannies (June 2017)
Stand-Alone novels
- An Urgent Message Of Wowness
- Marshmallow Magic And The Wild Rose Rouge
- The Seventeen Secrets Of The Karma Club
- My Funny Valentine
- Bliss...
- Wonderland (this and the two above form a trilogy)
- In Sarah's Shadow
- Love is the Drug
- My Sister, the Superbitch
- The Raspberry Rules
- The Girl Who Wasn't There