Nastasia Bishop-McHugh
Nastasia Bishop-McHugh is an author from Berkshire, UK where she lives with her husband and their forever-baby cat. Outside of writing stories set in fantasy worlds, she is the owner-founder of both Stardust Book Services and Astronaut Publishing. When she's not juggling her businesses with writing, you'll find her out in nature, zoning out with a video game, or constructing miniature models.
She is always happy and humbled to hear from readers and attend in-person events in the UK!
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Book one in her upcoming adult fantasy romance duology, A FATE FORGED IN FIRE is being published in early 2025 by Renegade books UK and Dell US with pre-empt deals with Aufbau in German and NeoN Libri in Italian
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