Tag: books

  • 5 Random Questions with Freddie Kölsch, author of Empty Heaven

    In my October newsletter (catch up HERE if you missed it) I interviewed Freddie Kölsch about her latest YA horror, Empty Heaven. I loved this book so much – it has queer found family, chilling small-town cult vibes, and a brilliant twist I didn’t see coming. It’s the perfect read for Halloween, and I figured…

  • It’s US release day for The Devouring Light!

    The Devouring Light has been out in the UK for just over a month, and now it’s the US’s turn to encounter the creepy abandoned house, deadly leech-infested swamp, and a host of other terrors contained within its pages 🙂 Have you added it to your Halloween TBR yet? When Haden Romero, her bandmate, and…

  • 5 Random Questions with Josie Jaffrey, author of the QuickSilver trilogy

    In my July newsletter (catch up HERE if you missed it) I interviewed Josie Jaffrey about her brilliant new vampire-pirate novella trilogy, QuickSilver, which starts with Kill Me Quick. I was fascinated by the world and characters, and had to find out more about the mind behind them… 5 Random Questions 1. What’s your go-to…

  • 5 Random Questions with Ann Dávila Cardinal, author of You’ve Awoken Her – part 2

    And here is part 2! In case you missed it, this month in my newsletter (catch up HERE) I interviewed Ann Dávila Cardinal about her latest creepy YA, You’ve Awoken Her, and asked Ann 5 Random Questions… in 2 parts! (So yes, technically that’s 10 Random Questions, you lucky things!) If you missed part 1,…

  • 5 Random Questions with Ann Dávila Cardinal, author of You’ve Awoken Her

    This month in my newsletter (catch up HERE if you’ve missed any of them) I interviewed Ann Dávila Cardinal about her latest creepy YA, You’ve Awoken Her, which I absolutely loved. In it, Gabriel reluctantly goes to spend the summer with his friend in the Hamptons, only to find a terrifying creature lurking in the…

  • 5 Random Questions with Dan Smith, author of The Deadsoul Project

    This month in my newsletter (catch up HERE if you’ve missed any of them) I interviewed Dan Smith about The Deadsoul Project, the first in his brand-new YA thriller series with Barrington Stoke. The book sees siblings Kyle and Lauren return home to their flat to find their recently-deceased stepdad Kyle sitting at the kitchen…

  • Brilliant books I blurbed in 2024

    One of the things I enjoy most about my job – aside from the writing itself – is sometimes getting a chance to read another author’s book early, and even offer a quote/blurb to be used by the author or publisher to help promote it. As I was looking back over my reading this year,…

  • 5 Random Questions with Sarah Naughton, author of You Better Watch Out

    In December’s newsletter (catch up HERE if you missed it) I interviewed Sarah Naughton about her chillingly festive YA thriller, You Better Watch Out, which sees Eleri receiving increasingly threatening advent gifts from a sinister Secret Santa. This is a fantastically gripping read for any time of the year, but especially perfect for the Christmas…

  • 5 Random Questions with Emily Lloyd-Jones, author of The Wild Huntress

    This month in my newsletter (catch up HERE if you missed it) I interviewed Emily Lloyd-Jones about her latest YA fantasy, The Wild Huntress, in which Branwen – a girl who can see and slay monsters – enters the wild hunt to try to win a cure for her mother’s illness, and has to join…

  • Fictional Hangover LIVE this Sunday!

    This weekend, at 8pm on Sunday 27th October, Dawn Kurtagich and I will be joining Clare and Amanda from Fictional Hangover podcast for a special Halloween LIVE episode on their YouTube channel. We’ll be in full costume, of course, and talking about my newsletter-exclusive short story, Phantom Image, where a teenager’s digital photography project takes…