Why did you decide to become a writer? I’ve loved to write for as long as I can remember. That instinct took me into journalism, and then into a communications role, but it wasn’t until I hit my mid-thirties that I started taking fiction writing seriously. It took me the best part of ten years…
Category: Interviews
An Interview with Kristen Ciccarelli
The debut author of this years’ summer fantasy must-read (and first of the Iskari Trilogy), The Last Namsara, Kristen Ciccarelli has definitely made her mark on the YA fiction scene. Growing up in Pennsylvannia, she channelled her love of making up and telling stories into writing growing up on her grandfather’s grape farm, before making…
Blog Tour: Know Me Now, by CJ Carver
For the release of her latest novel, Know Me Now, I picked up my pen and sat down for a chat with the author, CJ Carver. Here’s what happened… What inspired you to pick up a pen and become an author? Unlike a lot of authors, I fell into writing by following another dream. This…
An Interview with Sylvain Neuvel
Sylvain Neuvel burst onto the literary scene in 2016 when his debut novel, Sleeping Giants, was published by Del Rey books after receiving rave reviews online. Quickly followed by the sequel, Waking Gods, the year of 2017 has seen his books longlisted for this year’s edition of Canada Reads, start the first steps to the…
An Interview with Laura Purcell
Though she’s perhaps more well-known for her Georgian-set historical fiction, Laura Purcell has been making waves in the book world with the release of her latest novel, Gothic extravaganza The Silent Companions. Making her debut onto the book scene in 2014 with the excellent Queen of Bedlam, she’s gone from strength to strength, with her…
