Author of The Queer Dystopian Novel ‘Bittersweet Nightshade’
CAN YOU GIVE US A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF YOUR BOOK?
‘Bittersweet Nightshade’ is a queer character driven dystopian novel set in a world similar to ours where a small percentage of the population born during ‘the Problem Year’ develop unique abilities known as ‘Gifts’ during puberty.
Follow three unlucky young adults as they navigate their way through their past traumas, struggle with their unwanted Gifts and build new relationships. Perfect for readers looking for grounded human stories with a touch of the fantastical.
WHAT ARE YOUR BOOK USPs?
‘Bittersweet Nightshade’ is a more tempered down take on the dystopian genre, with no big rebellions and nationwide battles. It is a deep insight into the minds of these three haunted Gifted and the trials they face making it through each passing day. It is perfect for readers looking for damaged characters to laugh and cry with, to get attached to and root for. It is a queer story where being queer is not the story.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF…
I was born in Stockport, UK, where in my early teen years I hunkered down in my bedroom after school and wrote novels. With a full manuscript in my hands at age 16, I knew I had found my purpose. That particular novel will never see the light of day but we’ve all got to start somewhere, right?
I did not go to university straight after college thanks to several tutors telling me there is no money and stability in being an author. Later in life I graduated from Sheffield Hallam University with a BA in Creative Writing as a mature student, started self-publishing my newer, more refined works, and discovered that those college tutors were indeed correct.
But when you have a passion for writing, and characters in your head that refuse to leave you alone until you have told their story, you have to just suck it up and go for it. You don’t choose your calling, your calling chooses you.
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