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Kate Emilie is an American writer whose small-town Florida upbringing inspired much of the setting in her debut novel. Seven Dishes Before Forever won Friday Night Live at the 2025 London Festival of Writing and has been listed in several writing competitions. Kate has an MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa University, has completed the Curtis Brown Creative "Writing Your Novel" course, and was a Faber Academy mentee. She lives outside London with her family and fluffy cat.
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Kate Emilie is an American writer based in the UK. She holds an MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa University, has completed the Curtis Brown Creative 'Writing Your Novel' course in London, and was a Faber Academy mentee.
In addition to winning Friday Night Live at the 2025 London Festival of Writing, her debut novel, Seven Dishes Before Forever, was a 2025 Frankfurt Bookfair hotlist title, was shortlisted for the 2025 Idea Idol competition, was named a readers' favourite and longlisted for the 2025 WriteMentor Awards, reached Top 100 in the 2025 Bath Novel Awards, and reached Top 50 in the New2TheScene Winter and Summer Novel competitions. Recently, she was the opening keynote speaker at the 2026 London Festival of Writing.
Kate lives outside London with her family and fluffy cat.
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SEVEN DISHES BEFORE FOREVER
SEVEN DISHES BEFORE FOREVER
UK BOOK DESCRIPTION
The heart-wrenching, unmissable YA debut from Kate Emilie.
'Your menu is personalised to you, your time here, and your regret. No modifications or substitutions. You get what you are served; should you choose to eat it is another matter.'
Seventeen-year-old Zoe Hart is running out of time. In a retro diner suspended between life and death, she's handed a menu of seven dishes. Each one is a chance to revisit her past. Each one is a chance to change her future. The full menu offers the chance to save her life.
The unforgettable next read for those who loves Before the Coffee Gets Cold and They Both Die at the End.
US BOOK DESCRIPTION
After a car accident, seventeen-year-old Zoe Hart wakes up at a diner for souls caught between life and death. Now, Zoe has seven meals—seven chances—to fix her greatest regret...or her death becomes permanent. An astonishing debut about love, loss, and learning to live again.
Seven meals. One regret. A lifetime to lose.
Seventeen-year-old Zoe Hart is dying. In seven and a half minutes, her heart will stop beating and paramedics will find her and her sister at the scene of a car crash.
Right now, though, Zoe is in a diner. Schrödinger's Diner to be exact. A place that serves souls who are neither dead nor alive. Zoe is handed a menu with seven dishes, each one with the power to take her back in time. The deal is simple: undo her greatest regret before her final dish is served, and Zoe gets to live. Fail, however, and the fog beyond the diner awaits.
The choice seems obvious. Who wouldn't want a taste at a second chance? But there's no telling what memories the menu holds. And some secrets Zoe has spent a lifetime trying to forget.
You've Found Oliver meets They Both Die at the End in a stunning debut about facing your past to have a shot at a future.
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You've Found Oliver meets They Both Die at the End in a stunning debut about facing your past to have a shot at a future.
The heart-wrenching, unmissable YA debut from Kate Emilie.
An astonishing debut about love, loss, and learning to live again.
The unforgettable next read for those who loves Before the Coffee Gets Cold and They Both Die at the End.