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I'm proud, honoured, and a little bit freaked out to share my new novella, Sister Dragon, with whoever wants to read it. Perhaps that will be you!

Sister Dragon took me four years to complete. I started writing it during the pandemic, left it, came back to it, left it, got something to eat, moved cities, started playing Tears of the Kingdom, had a blast, got angry, got depressed, got creative, and... here we are.

It's available in e-format and paperback. And it's got a dragon in it!

Sister Dragon: a novella

Hey all!

Happy to say that The Myth in Distance will launch with other fine Tightrope Books titles on September 28, 2016. Hope you can come out and play!

I'm absolutely thrilled to say that THE MYTH IN DISTANCE, the sequel to THE VOICES IN BETWEEN, will be released by Tightrope Books in the fall of 2016. Huzzah!

I'll be appearing at SFContario 6! Here's the programming schedule:



I'll also be attending the Bakka Phoenix book signing on the Friday night. Hope you can make it!

I am so thrilled to be able to say that The Voices in Between has made the long list for the 2015 Sunburst Awards - Young Adult category! Congratulations to all my fellow long listers!

I am very excited/elated to be able to share that The Voices in Between has been nominated for the 2015 Aurora Award for Best YA Novel - English!

So excited to be appearing at the 2015 Ad Astra Sci-Fi Convention! This year I’ll be sitting on the following panels:

Friday, April 10

SF for a YA Audience, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Markham A Room

Panellists: E.K. Johnston, Jane Ann McLachlan, Leah Bobet

Young Adult novels are tricky things - Enders Games was about children and youth - but not for them. Fantasy has managed to get a solid grasp on what the readers want...But Sci-Fi doesn't seem to be catching on. Why not?

Dystopian YA Cliches, 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM, Oakridge Room

Panellists: E.K. Johnston, James Nicoll, Simon McNeil

(nuff said)

Saturday, April 11, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Markham A Room

In Defence of the Evil Empire, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Big Brother

Panellists: David Blackwood, Simon MacNeil, Leah Bobet

A key component of many genre stories, from dystopias through to fantasy stories is the rebellion narrative. Of course, having a hero struggling against an unequal and oppressive power provides an easy source of conflict and gives the protagonist the chance to grow as they overcome a seemingly unbeatable foe. Or as they fail to do so. But rebellion stories in genre are frequently very one-dimensional; the empire in Star Wars is overtly evil. How can we write better and more nuanced rebel stories? And what authors are doing so right now?

I’ll also be reading on Sunday, April 12, in the Whitechurch Room, along with Lesley Donaldson-Reid

Hope you can make it!

So things have been pretty quiet around here lately (by the way, Happy New Year 2015!) and that’s because I’ve been working on a couple of projects:

- The sequel to Voices (tentatively titled The Myth in Distance)

- A new, as-yet-unnamed YA title that I’m bouncing around in my head. And by bouncing, I mean researching. I’m hitting the books and learning all I can learn while I plot the story out, which means I haven’t been much fun in the tumblr universe.

But never fear! As soon as I’ve got a few other important things to say, I’ll put them up here. Until then, it’s back to the library with me.

I'll be appearing at the Tightrope Books booth (#307) as part of the Inspire! Toronto International Book Fair.



And I'll be reading from The Voices in Between at 4pm on Friday November 14th at The Hub. Swing by and say hello!

Happy to say I’ll be reading from The Voices in Between at two upcoming events. The first is the Tightrope Books October launch of The Uncertainty Principle by Roxanna Bennett and Wolf in a Beaver Coat by Rosario Lloret, on October 21st at Handlebar. Details are on the Tightrope Books website:



Also happy to be a featured reader at Tightope Books� upcoming reading at Glad Day Bookshop on October 23. Details here:



The Glad Day reading will also feature readings by Jeffrey Round and Rosario Lloret.