Author Interviews

Anna Fiteni chats Welsh mythology, mining history, and what’s next for the series that began with The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire.

"The female protagonist is ninety percent my own tempestuous teenage self: a curdled mix of arrogance and self-loathing, weaving an unsteady path through her adolescence, desperate to be wanted"

Sasha Peyton Smith on how much fun she had in writing The Rose Bargain, including imagining the Queen as a faerie.

Discover the cursed Marionettes, the power of sisterhood and the dark, mesmerising world of E.V. Woods’ gothic YA fantasy.

Benjamin Dean chats his search history while writing YA thriller Bury Your Friends, and imaging his characters' friendship after the book.

We love a reimagined myth retelling because it always gives us a chance to revisit stories we know a bit about, or even introduces us to new ones. With The Enemy's Daughter, Melissa Poett tackles the legend of Tristan and Isolde in a…

Libby's life is turned upside down when a video of her 'cheating' on her boyfriend, Dan, goes viral the night he has a serious bike accident. Now the whole school has turned on her and her only friend is Neha, the new girl everyone else…

Hannah Nicole Maehrer is here to chat how her TikTok videos could help with her writer's block when writing Accomplice to the Villain.

I.V. Marie on processing her own grief while writing Immortal Consequences, and rooting for all her characters.

Marie O'Hare chats how she managed to get the believability spot on in I Know Where You Buried Your Husband.

Sarah Beth Durst chats her flower and book pairings, such as orange blossoms for The Enchanted Greenhouse.

Author Tanya Byrne shares the story behind her new YA novel Rebel Hearts — a fierce, funny, and timely tale of queer love, climate activism, and Brighton spirit.

Felicity Epps on A Grave Inheritance: Victorian Hysteria, Anxiety, and Gothic Power

In Never The Roses by J.K. Lambert, a dream-walking sorceress finds love through books and midnight talks in her enemy's magical library.

Leon Egan talks Listen Closely, queer joy, ghost stories, and the reality of growing up trans in a world that doesn’t always understand you.