I was thrilled to read this great review by an American reader.
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Tag: why you were taken
Future Fuschia, an interview about Why You Were Taken
Look Mom, I’m famous.
Thank you to Authors Mag for the feature. Read it here.
Still life with #whyyouweretaken
A Parkhurst artist used my novel ‘Why You Were Taken’ is his latest piece. I think it is super cool. For more of Richard’s work check out his Facebook page.
Pens Behaving (not so) Badly
Paige Nick, author of ‘A Million Miles from Normal,’ ‘This Way Up,’ ‘A Girl Walks into a Bar’ and her latest ‘Pens Behaving Badly’ was kind enough to post her review of my latest novel ‘Why You Were Taken’ on the fabulous Facebook book club The Good Book Appreciation Society.
It’s a goodie. Thank you Paige!
… It’s mostly set in a futuristic Joburg in 2021. Infertility is an epidemic. They have inflatable motorbike helmets and schmeat. Kirsten is a synaesthete (which means she hears and sees in colours and numbers because her senses get jumbled) with a fertility problem. And Seth is a hot-shot chemgineer who works for an underground biopunk truth organisation.
It’s a tightly wound and imaginative thriller. An enjoyable read that ticks along quickly and raises some really thought-provoking and terrifying questions about population growth and the future of bio/chemical/gene engineering.
I believe I ordered the EXTRA LARGE
I promise that I’m not going to become one of those authors who spam you constantly with news on their books BUT I just wanted to say an EXTRA LARGE THANK YOU for all the amazing messages and support. Oh, and I sold 56 copies of my newborn book in the first day! (25 to my mom! Ha!!) (Thanks Mom.)
Look what just ariiiiiiiiived! My little book babies have been safely delivered.
Nothing beats the feeling of holding your newborn book in your hands. (Well, maybe when you hold your ACTUAL newborn in your hands). But this is super exciting, too.
*more rainbows shooting out of my head and other places* — New commissions
I am seriously hyped to type that I have been commissioned to write TWO NEW PLAYS AND EIGHT NEW SHORT STORIES.
This, and knowing that my new novel is coming out this month, is making me properly giddy. I apologise in advance if you find rainbow vomit on your shoes. My bad.
