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Katie Tallo

2 Series • 4 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Gus Monet Books
Start with: Dark August (2020)
Popular Choice
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Where Her Secrets Lie (2026)

ⓘ About Katie Tallo

After finishing high school, and traveling for a year with the Katimavik youth program, she went on to earn her degree in Film and English. This was followed by a deep dive into waitressing and met and fell in love with a bartender. They married and had Alex, a daughter, who now teaches elementary school in Ottawa. Katie studied filmmaking at the prestigious Summer Institute of Film and Television and Women in the Director’s Chair and TV Broadcasting at Algonquin College. During the decades that followed, she had an award-winning career working as a director and screenwriter, collaborating on projects in television, animation, and motion pictures. She got support from the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.

All Book Series by Katie Tallo

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Dark August

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2020

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2020
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Poison Lilies

Book 2 of 3 · published 2022

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2022
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Buried Road

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2024

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2024
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Where Her Secrets Lie

Single-title series · published 2026

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2026

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Katie Tallo?

After finishing high school, and traveling for a year with the Katimavik youth program, she went on to earn her degree in Film and English. This was followed by a deep dive into waitressing and met and fell in love with a bartender. They married and had Alex, a daughter, who now teaches elementary school in Ottawa.

Which Katie Tallo series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Gus Monet series, the earliest of Katie Tallo's multi-book series: it opens with Dark August (2020) and runs to 3 books across 2020–2024, ending with Buried Road (2024).

How many books has Katie Tallo written?

Katie Tallo has 4 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2020 and 2026. 3 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Gus Monet series with 3 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.

In what order should Katie Tallo's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Katie Tallo's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Gus Monet (2020–2024, 3 books).

How are Katie Tallo's books organised into series?

This guide splits Katie Tallo's 4 books into 1 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Gus Monet (3 books, 2020–2024).