Annabel Campbell
Annabel writes fantasy with fierce female characters and disaster wizards, and believes everything is improved by dragons.
She has a PhD in cardiovascular science, and when not making things up for a living, she works as a Medical Writer.
Her other joys are red wine, playing games, or showing you too many pictures of her dog.
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Ed Crocker
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By day he edits books—his clients include Sunday Times Bestselling authors, award-winning indie authors, and acclaimed small presses.
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Emily Tesh
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Anthony Ryan
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Kate Elliott
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Alexander Darwin
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Ed Crocker
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By day he edits books—his clients include Sunday Times Bestselling authors, award-winning indie authors, and acclaimed small presses.
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Ruth Frances Long
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Amy Leow
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Benjamin Aeveryn
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Jo Riccioni
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Lyndsey Croal
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Andrew Knighton
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Lorraine Wilson
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A conservation scientist and third culture Scot, I live by the sea writing stories influenced by folklore and the wilderness. My books have won two SCKA awards and been finalists for British Fantasy Awards, the Kavya Prize and the Saltire Book Award, and longlisted for the British Science Fiction Awards. I have also won a British Fantasy Award for short fiction.
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