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Urban Fantasy books
Rise of Dragons series It’s Bridget Jones meets Lord of the Rings and doesn’t take itself too seriously! The series follows Amethyst, a half-dwarf jeweller and weaponsmith, as she deals with kidnappings, crazy cults and dragons. Omensford series This is a cosy urban fantasy series with a dash of murder mystery – think Jessica Fletcher if she worked in IT, lived in an English village and had magic!
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Children’s Books
Here are details of my children’s books and where you can buy them: Nanny Pastry and the Nimble Ninjabread Man. When they make a baking mix up and create a ninjabread man, can they catch him before he causes mischief and mayhem? This laugh out loud take on the story of the gingerbread man is a modern classic and is a tale that children and adults can enjoy together. Available at all good bookstores. The Girl Who Dreamed of Sleep teaches children about healthy sleep habits. Sophia is tired. She can’t concentrate, she’s clumsy and the only way she can stay awake is with lots of sugary foods. One day…
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Author Interview – Nicholas Woode-Smith
This month, I caught up with urban fantasy author Nicholas Woode-Smith to chat about his books and why he writes. Nice to chat with you Nicholas, so for readers who don’t know you, tell us a bit about yourself. This is always the question I get stuck on. And, of course, it’s the first one! [GC: that’s my evil plan, to put you off by asking about yourself!] Well, I’m an urban fantasy and sci-fi author from Cape Town, South Africa. Better known as Hope City in the Kat Drummond Series. Apart from my fiction writing, I have a degree in politics, philosophy, and economic history, which I use to…
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Author Interview – J.A. Ironside
This month I caught up with author J.A. Ironside, author and podcaster, to chat about mixing science with magic, and cryptids. Intrigued? Read on to find out more. Lovely to chat with you, for readers who don’t know who you are, can you tell us a bit about yourself? Hi, I’m J.A. Ironside (call me Jules) and I write a variety of genres, which includes – on occasion – the donning of a suspicious looking long, white beard so my ‘alter ego’ can pen some humorous and twisty political historical fiction. [GC: sounds intriguing, maybe that’s a subject for another interview!] But let’s stick to urban fantasy for now. I’m…
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Author Interview – D. L. Lewellyn
This month, I caught up with author of the Starlight Chronicles series, D. L. Lewellyn. She writes paranormal shifter romance set in the US and also runs her own author blog. Hi there, great to chat with you today. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Hi Gemma, Thank you so much for inviting me for a chat! I’m super excited to share a Q&A with you on my blog as well. I love exchanging interviews. A little about me. I started writing fiction three years ago due to circumstances brought about by the pandemic. I spent the summer of 2020 reading and discovering the world of supernatural romance.…
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Exes and Enchantments – Book 5 in the Omensford series
Available to order now If Jessica Fletcher worked in IT, lived in the UK and had magic, you’d get this series Just when you thought things couldn’t get any stranger in the Cotswolds, a string of enchanted objects make Omensford residents act out fairy tales in the worst ways. So the last thing Fi needs is for her suffocating ex to turn up and distract her from solving the mystery and her budding relationship with a certain doctor. How can Fi confront her feelings of inadequacy, put her ex in the past and decide if she can commit to a new relationship whilst also finding out who’s behind the evil…
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Author Interview – E. L. Williams
This month I caught up with E.L. Williams about her books and her inspiration as she celebrates the new covers for her urban fantasy, dystopian series. So, E.L. Williams, for those who don’t know you, tell us a bit about yourself? I’m Emma and I write witchy, magical fiction. I published my debut novel, The First Ethereal in 2020 and the sequel, The Blessing of Crows, in 2022. I’ve just finished a novella called, The Magic Keepers which jumped the queue and made me put book three on hold. I grew up in Wales, but I now live in Berkshire with my husband and, in his opinion anyway, an unhealthy…
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Author Interview – L.L. Gray
This month I caught up with urban fantasy author L.L. Grey whose Smoke and Shadows series also features a chicken called Cluck Norris (great minds…!). So, tell us a bit about yourself. Hi! I’m L.L. Gray. I like singing opera in the shower, drawing badly, and am on a perpetual quest to find a truly fantastic cup of coffee. I don’t care how many cups I have to sample! I will find that elusive mug filled with the elixir of happiness!!! Oh, and in my free time, I write fantasy books. Currently, I’ve finished four books and a novella in my urban fantasy series, the Smoke and Shadows Series and…
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Author Interview – C.N. Rowan
This month I caught up with debut urban fantasy author C.N. Rowan to chat about his books, France and his love of history. I know you from an author group we’re both part of, but for anyone who doesn’t know you, tell us a bit about yourself I’d love to, but then I’d have to kill you. IN MY BOOK. By making you a character in my book. Then killing you horribly. [GC: backs away slowly] I’m a lovely, sociable person other than that, though. Please stop backing away. Due to having somehow won the favour of Lady Luck, though only she knows how (and secretly I suspect it might…
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Donkeys and Demons – Book 3 in the Omensford Series
Available to order now Donkey derbies can be murder Now employed by the Magical Liaison Office, Fi wants a big case, but she learns to be careful what she wishes for when a mummified body turns up on the village green. How can she crack the case in time to stop a demon entering the mortal realm and save her niece? And will she sort out her feelings for a tall, dark and handsome doctor with links to the god of death? If Jessica Fletcher worked in IT, lived in an English village and had magic, you’d get this book. If you like cozy British settings, sarcasm and witches, you’ll…
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Author Interview – Jessica Jayne Webb
You know I love hearing from other authors, here’s an interview I did with fantasy author Jessica Jayne Webb. Tell us about yourself. Well I am a mum first and foremost to two beautiful incredibly busy, high functioning boys, something that Will. I. Am. once said that has stuck in my mind for my boys is that, my boys do not have a form of disability but are the next stage in the evolutionary chain. I truly believe this! Sorry, I am a proud mum, and when I get asked to talk about myself I vicariously live through them. Now me I guess, well trying to get onto me. Atm…
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Author Interview – Linda Ling
This month, I caught up with fantasy author Linda Ling. Linda, tell us a bit about yourself and how you became a writer. I’ve always been a writer. As far back as I can remember. As a kid, whenever we traveled, my dad would make me write a “post-vacation report” for him to read (I should ask him about that someday). But my first story was written when I was 14. My first poem when I was 15 or 16. I wrote three or four complete books by the time I was 22 or 23. But life happened and I took a pause. A very long pause. I locked up…