Tag: halloween reads

  • 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…

  • The Devouring Light – 25% off at Waterstones online

    Time to grab a bargain! Pre-order my latest YA horror novel The Devouring Light from Waterstones online here between 28-31 July to get 25% off with code SUMMER25. It’s only 6 weeks now until its U.K. release, so you won’t even have long to wait for it to arrive! 😁 When Haden Romero and her…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • Instagram Live this Sunday!

    It’s been a while since I’ve done an online live event, but as it’s spooky season, I’ve got a couple lined up – and the first one is this Sunday! Join me, Dawn Kurtagich and Kathryn Foxfield as we chat to Chelley from @TalesPointHorrorBookClub on IG about a Point Horror Unleashed title: The Hanging Tree…

  • Blackfin Sky 10th anniversary interview with Penny Thomas, Publisher at Firefly Press

    Penny Thomas, Publisher at Firefly Press, was the first editor I ever worked with, and I’m delighted to be able to share this interview today to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the publication of our first collaboration – my debut YA novel, Blackfin Sky.  (This interview was first published in my newsletter earlier this month –…

  • 5 Random Questions with A.J. Clack, author of Lie Or Die

    In my March newsletter (catch up HERE if you missed it) I interviewed A.J. Clack about her fantastic YA debut, Lie Or Die, which came out this month from Firefly Press. In it, Kass is tricked into auditioning for a new reality TV show by her best friend, but when she gets there and contestants…

  • 5 Random Questions with Lisa Richardson, author of Channel Fear

    In February’s newsletter (catch up HERE if you missed it) I interviewed Lisa Richardson about her debut YA horror, Channel Fear. In it, Iris, Byron and Molly are following in the footsteps of 2 famous YouTubers, Zach and Lucas, who disappeared while on a ghost hunt several months ago. Now, with tensions running high between…

  • Blackfin Sky and Purge are on sale!

    There’s a January sale happening over at Firefly Press’s site, which means there’s a whopping 50% off some of their excellent YA titles – including 2 of my books, Blackfin Sky and Purge. The sale ends on 31st Jan, so hurry if you’d like to grab a great bargain and support a small but mighty…

  • 5 Random Questions with Diana Rodriguez Wallach, author of Hatchet Girls

    In this month’s newsletter (catch up HERE if you missed it) I interviewed Diana Rodriguez Wallach about her latest heart-pounding YA horror, Hatchet Girls. Inspired by the Borden murders, Hatchet Girls kicks off in modern day with a new grisly crime scene in the town where those infamous axe murders took place back in 1892.…