So a little while ago, Elizabeth and I unveiled the US cover of Seven Mercies, the sequel to Sunday Times bestselling (I will never not say this) Seven Devils. It will also be launching January 2022. Pre-order the UK edition here via the retailer of your choice! Pre-order the US edition here via the retailer of your choice! Your usual… Read More
Events & Sundry Goldilocks News & Quotes
A few things to announce! Next event: March 12th International Womens’ Day, Event Horizon, Shoreline of Infinity, the Pleasance Cabaret Bar, 7.30 pm. I’m back to host the monthly SF event in Edinburgh and also read from Goldilocks (this will be my first time reading from it in public! Ah!). The event will also have poetry from Jeda Pearl Lewis,… Read More
Scotland in Space Anthology Launch Tomorrow in Edinburgh
As usual, I am pointing this later than I should have! Tomorrow is the launch of the Scotland in Space anthology that arose from an interdisciplinary project between Edinburgh Napier, the University of Edinburgh, and the Edinburgh Futures Institute. It’s at 18.30 at the Project Room at 50 George Square at the University of Edinburgh. My group, the “Fringe in… Read More
Book News: Goldilocks
As I’ve plastered on social media all yesterday, I have a book out next April that’s just been announced. Official press release: Wildfire has landed a speculative feminist thriller dubbed “The Power set in space” by Laura Lam. Commissioning editor Ella Gordon acquired world rights, including film and TV, for Goldilocks from Juliet Mushens at Caskie Mushens. The book, set in the near… Read More
New Book Deal: SEVEN DEVILS – Feminist AF Space Opera out in 2019!
Let me tell you a story about me and Elizabeth. I’ve known Elizabeth May online since 2012 and in person since 2013. I first heard about Elizabeth when her deal for the Falconer was announced in 2011, and was slightly weirded out by our similarities—we are both Californians in Scotland writing YA fantasy. I was also super jealous of her… Read More
Shattered Minds is out in UK Paperback!
Shattered Minds is out in paperback in the UK today. Cover and cover copy for that and False Hearts, the previous standalone in the same world, is below. This book was an Amazon SF Book Pick of the Month and made it to Locus Magazine’s Recommended Reading List. False Hearts was a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Selection, was profiled on… Read More
