Young Adult Author
Katella Stegmann
THE BOOKS
Come along on a journey of humor, self discovery, love, and sacrifice in The Barking Mad Tale of a Teenage Werewolf series, which follows young Cassie Hill and her friends as they grow up together and learn the true meaning of friendship. The situations they are faced with pose many questions, one of the most important ones among them is what they would do to protect those they love.
An American Werewolf In Idaho
ISBN-13-978-0-9834832-0-5
Wise cracking werewolves, non-sparkling vampires, a dash of romance, and a journey of self discovery. Being a teenager is hard. It's even harder when you're part wolf. Cassie Hill has always had trouble fitting in. She's not smart enough to be in the book club, not emo enough to be in the goth club, and not glamorous enough to be in the girls with 'tudes club. But when she starts waking up in the middle of the woods with little memory of how she got there she learns she belongs to a club many people don’t know about.
She discovers a world filled with secrets, corruption, and a wacky pack of werewolves who spend their time playing dare or dare, placing ridiculous bets, and fighting crime.
But she also discovers that being a werewolf isn't all fun and games. In between the laughter and fun she and her family stay busy protecting the town and investigating suspicious murders. Just when Cassie thinks she has her life balanced a new guy moves to town to throw her completely off her game. She is instantly smitten with him, but when she gets to know him she finds out he is harboring secrets of his own. She wants to believe the best in him, so the internal battle between her intuition and her heart clash. She digs for answers about him, but the more she digs the more she discovers about her past. It is only a matter of time before the lies in her life start to unravel. Nothing in her world is as it seems. Can she find the courage to follow her heart?
A Tale of Two Shih Tzus
ISBN-13-978-0-9834832-1-2
The tale of the barking mad werewolf is far from over. Cassie Hill is trying to balance her duties as a werewolf, going to school, and maintaining a budding romance with her mysterious but loving new boyfriend, Jackson. As the walls between the two lovers come crashing down, they start to uncover the truth about one another.
In a tale of Romeo and Juliet with fur, she finds herself caught in the crossfire of feuding families, but when a powerful enemy threatens everyone she loves she gathers her courage and tries to pull those in her world together to unite to overcome a common adversary to save their town.
Being a wolf isn’t all fun and games, but with the help of her pack, her family, and a few unexpected friends Cassie discovers the true meaning of life, love, and what it means to be a werewolf.
No one is perfect, especially not the supernatural, but imperfection can be hilarious. With her pack providing her with a combination of maturity, innocence, optimism, focus, loyalty, and humor, Cassie wades through the trials in her life with enough sense to not let it get her down.
The Labrador of the Rings
ISBN-13-978-0-9834832-2-9
Crossport, Idaho is a small town with a big secret. For many centuries the secluded city has been guarded by a group of werewolves who are sworn to keep humans safe. The job of a werewolf is never done. As long as evil exists it is up to the good guys to keep the world out of danger. The supernatural world is crawling with threatening beings with no regard for human life.
Cassie Hill and her rambunctious family are faced with a new threat and a brewing war. Cassie attempts to deal with old foes returning, a long distance relationship, and new challenges that push the Lupos to their limits. The beginning of an epic battle between good and evil has the odds stacked against them, but they refuse to give up.
In an action packed world of vampires, werewolves, witches, and hybrids the Lupos waver through their troubles like any other family. By sticking together. Throughout their tedious duties they still find a way to enjoy life, whether it’s having philosophical conversations or putting out accidental fires caused by smiley face pancakes.
All of your favorite characters return in the third installment of the Barking Mad Werewolves series in which the pack begins to grow up in their own right. It is a tale with a little bit of Romeo and Juliet, a smidgen of Star Wars, and a ton of barking mad werewolves.
The War of the Werewolves
ISBN-13-978-0-9834832-3-6
If you knew you would die tomorrow how would you live today?
Everyone has a destiny, a purpose for being. So when evil threatens to rise up and reign, high school student Cassie Hill and her close-knit community of friends must defend their world from falling into darkness. In the fourth and final installment of “The Barking Mad Tale of a Teenage Werewolf” series the Lupos’ journey comes to a close with a war of epic proportions as the pack meets their destiny.
With a missing leader, a spike in disappearances, and the uprising of a sadistic power-hungry government the Lupos and their allies have a lot to contend with, and the stakes have never been higher. The fate of everyone they hold dear depends on them. Outnumbered and overpowered, they are forced to team up with their former enemies to better the world.
Growing up isn’t easy. It is painful, beautiful, and confusing. It means sacrifice, heartache, and accepting the inevitable. Life changes in a heartbeat. Children become adults as they prepare to fight the battle of their lives. As war wages on the Lupos grow closer while they deal with stress, love, and other bumpy obstacles thrown in their path. Along the way they learn that sometimes you trust those you should not trust, you grow to hate those you have loved, and every now and then you learn to love those you have hated.
With death nipping at their heels all they can do is live their lives a day at a time. Their fates have been building to this battle. Good and evil are going to have it out, and they know that not everyone will survive. Who will be left standing? Who will emerge victorious in the end?
From Loss to Love
ISBN: 978-0-9834832-4-3
Katriana Evans and Robert Kinning were destined to meet. When fate puts them together they fall in love and their lives change forever. This prequel to “An American Werewolf in Idaho” follows the lives of the two lovers long before they found a home with the Lupo pack.
Kat’s childhood was anything but normal. Her atypical upbringing was a rocky trail filled with turbulence and loss. She learns the nature of sacrifice at a very young age when she sees the dark side of the world she lives in. After escaping persecution with her family she loses her innocence and is forced to grow up faster than any child should have to.
She learns the true meaning of strength when she has no other choice but to be strong after a tragedy rocks her family. After she discovers that she has inherited her father’s ability to shift into a wolf her patience and endurance are tested. She is thrown into a world filled with supernatural beings and has to fight to survive. She sees the painful true colors of the society she lives in, and because of her hardships she becomes angry and bitter.
Rob’s experiences with the world were much different than Kat’s. He was fascinated by life when he was a child. Because of his nose for adventure, his charming personality, and his lack of fear he got into trouble on a daily basis. When he finds out he belongs to a family of werewolves he accepts his destiny with hopes to change the world.
Before Kat met Rob she didn’t believe in coincidences…or love. She thought her heart was beyond repair. What she didn’t realize was that fate had a plan for her. Their lives clash in the most unusual of circumstances, and they experience a passion that can’t be denied. They are polar opposites in every way, yet despite having nothing in common they are drawn to one another.
Kat is used to the dark, but the minute Rob enters her life he brightens her world. He captivates her heart and changes her life. He is the only thing in her painful life that makes sense to her. He slowly teaches her to trust again and opens her heart to a world of happiness she didn’t believe was possible. They embark on a beautiful journey filled with sacrifice and heartbreak. Together, they take the broken bits and pieces of their lives and waver through a path of loss and love.