Back in my youth, I read a lot of cyberpunk. Arguably too much, but I was at an impressionable age and got taken in by all the glitz and edginess. Technology had never been so sexy: urban decay had never been so fascinating. A lot of that future has come true. Cyberspace is ubiquitous, even […]

We writers are odd coves. I’m within a few thousand words of the end of the first draft of Queen of Nowhere, and I don’t have anything else I have to do today, but I’ve spent the last hour or so cleaning the house (which, admittedly, needs it) and carrying on the activity known around […]

You’re all (yes! the entire world!) invited to the book launch/signing for Bringer of Light, to be held in the cafe of the Winchester Discovery Centre on Saturday 20th of August, from 2pm to 3pm. Directions can be found here. You will be able to get copies of Bringer of Light direct from the Discovery […]

Mike Cobley. If you drop me an email with your street address, I’ll post you your prize. Thanks to everyone who entered; I had an evil chuckle at all of them, but Mike’s was the one that made me go, ‘Oh yes, now that was a bastard.’ I”ll be running another competition to celebrate the […]

For a chance to win a signed copy of Guardians of Paradise, please leave a comment on this blog, giving your favorite fictional betrayal (that’s ‘fictional’ as in: from a book, a film, your head, or a game). There’s no hurry, as you have until midnight on Tuesday 19th July to enter, though I may […]

To celebrate the release of the paperback of Guardians of Paradise I’m running a book giveaway over on Twitter RIGHT NOW. If you miss it, don’t worry, there will be a second competition coming up here later today.

In a recent post on his blog, Alistair Reynolds quoted yours truly as being the only female British SF writer with an ongoing book contract. I suspect his criteria were very strict – there are many excellent female writers in the wider genre active in this country, just not native Brits writing SF (as opposed […]

I’ve been asked about the launch/signing party for Bringer of Light; the book is out on August 18th, so I’m hoping to celebrate with everyone on Saturday the 20th. However, I’m still finalising the venue: it will be somewhere in Hampshire, but for details, watch this space. Another date of note: the paperback of Guardians […]

At last week’s signing at Forbidden Planet in London, a lovely chap from Leicester Square TV took the time to interview a few of us signees. My own contribution to the proceedings can be viewed here. Some of it makes sense, though I also found plenty to make me cringe. See what you think.

I’m delighted to announce the sale of my short story ‘Dreaming Towers, Silent Mansions’ to the upcoming ‘Solaris Rising’ anthology. It’s not a Sidhe universe story, but it is a tale that’s been looking for a home for some time. And don’t forget I’ll be at Forbidden Planet on Shaftsbury Avenue, with lots of other […]