My work is mostly, and always has been, deeply rooted in European fairytales and folklore. I've always loved fairytales, Robin McKinley and Shannon Hale were my favourite authors growing up, and authors like Naomi Novik and Katherine Arden who use fairytale elements to build other stories have since become favourites too. That's not to say that it's everything I do, in fact two of the projects I have in the work are not fairytale related at all. But if there's one way to describe my portfolio, that's the word I would use - they're fairytales.
I also focus a lot on friendships and romances, and less so on familial relationships though they do make appearances. Friendships, especially among women, have a place of pride in my writing, and none of my stories go without a romantic subplot - or in some cases, plot.
Will update tonight and build as I go.
There are
1. Unruly
When the Crown Princess goes missing, her best friend, teenage duchess Astrid Race, and the other young aristocrats of the kingdom, have to face political intrigue, magical duels, and dragons to save her.
A fantasy, coming-of-age YA novel, strongly inspired by fairytales but with an original plot.
Status: six drafts complete
2. Silk
Pip Starsfall doesn't believe in curses, until his family lose everything and have to move to a lonesome house on the edge of the Barrow Woods, which the people of the town say is haunted by a terrible Beast.
A steampunk, gender-bent bastardisation of Beauty and the Beast. A fantasy romance, fairytale retelling, adult/new adult.
Status: third and maybe final draft almost complete.
3. Linen
Poppy MacTarriff witnesses Conrad Rice being cursed to die before his twenty first birthday - but a girl at the party thinks they can reduce this to a sleeping curse only - but only with Poppy's help.
A steampunk, gender-bent bastardisation of Sleeping Beauty. Semi-sequel to Silk. A fantasy romance, fairytale retelling, adult/new adult.
Status: Just a dream.
4. The Desert Rose
Mae is a street rat in the oasis city of Moresha, until she is plucked from the crowd to join the infamous Red Heretic, a con woman of legend, whose crew plan on pulling off the biggest heist the city has ever seen.
An ensemble cast in a cosmopolitan fantasy city in the desert. Fantasy heist YA.
Status: 30k of first draft written.
5. the light at the edge of the world
As members of Brightling families, who keep the Shadowsquall from destroying the world every night, Arianna and Fitz know they must marry other Brightlings to keep the bloodlines pure. They're both more interested in being vigilantes - so Arianna makes a daring proposal.
Dual PoV, fantasy romance. YA.
Status: 30k of first draft written.
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