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Lee Murray Dawn of the Zombie Apocalypse

Today I’m interviewing Lee Murray about her latest children’s book, Dawn of the Zombie Apocalypse, a clever book that breaks with tradition and presents a classic theme in a new light. These zombies are not like anything you’ve seen before. I loved this book and thought you may too, especially with Christmas coming up. Kids…
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GeyserCon Photo Tour!

GeyserCon 2019 in photos GeyserCon, NZ’s 40th national SFF convention, came, and it went —  in a blur of sci-fi & fantasy discussion, events, education,  networking, crafting, hilarity and fun. I had a busy weekend. For me, there were many highlights, best shown in photos! Okay, the photos aren’t brilliant, but they’re all I have!…
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Free books for Christmas

Free Books – Load up your E-Reader for Christmas

Do you love exploring? Imagine all the worlds out there waiting for you… Actually, you don’t have to do the hard work of imagining them yourself. Authors that have done that for you — by creating amazing worlds that you can explore. Imagine that! WIN! With 49 free books on offer and a chance to…
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2017 Sir Julius Vogel Award – Best New Talent

I was absolutely thrilled – and more than a little speechless – to receive a 2017 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best New Talent at Lexicon, the New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy National convention. The full 2017 SJV awards list is here. With the deep blue backdrop of Lake Taupo, and snow-tipped ranges across…
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SJV Awards Shortlist

Thank you – SJV shortlist I am thrilled to be on the 2017 Sir Julius Vogel Award shortlist in two categories. Thank you to all my readers who nominated me for Best New Talent, and also to those who nominated my short story Call of the Sea, which was published last year in the At…
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Dragons with Lee Murray

Interviewed by Lee Murray   Talking dragons is one of my favourite past-times. Okay, and reading, writing and flying on dragons too… Whatever, dragons are cool. My middle-grade dragon fiction caught the attention of Lee Murray who has won five Sir Julius Vogel Awards and an Australasian Shadows Award for writing and editing.   On…
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Call of the Sea

Call of the Sea – Living Through Loss Thirteen years ago today, my son died. He was half of fraternal twins – the healthy half. His twin sister had been chronically ill for two years, and I had been housebound caring for her. Tough times for an extrovert. After her recovery, we had a normal…
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At The Edge

Story accepted for At the Edge I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that I’ve had a story accepted for At The Edge, a dark speculative fiction anthology being released in the middle of 2016. My story Call of the Sea explores some dark themes, indeed – abandonment, rejection, grief and insanity, but  be warned, I like…
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