I woke up this Saturday morning thinking of my first novel. It’s a (as far as I can remember) a 190.000 word tome about an Icelandic woman who, in the process of moving back to Iceland, looses her name and the journey she needs to take to get it back sets her on a strange adventure that involves skydiving and the old Norse Gods. This is essentially the novel that taught me how to write. That first really big project that showed me just how strenuous and hair-pullingly difficu

So to make this not just a post where I am plugging my stuff I thought I'd make a little list of things I've been enjoying lately. But first I wanted to tell you that my short story collection THINGS THE DEVIL WOULDN'T DREAM OF and other stories and my novella ALL THE DARK PLACES are both free on amazon now, so if you haven't grabbed those already now is a good time! ​​ The first things I should mention are the podcasts that I've been listening to because most of the things I

I am very happy to tell you that THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF HALLOWEEN STORIES is out now. Twenty-six terrifying tales set on the scariest night of the year! ​ I'm in great company with my story I WAIT FOR YOU in this fantastic anthology of terrifying tales all set on All Hallows' Eve! These are stories about that time of year when the veil between the worlds falls and your darkest, most horrendous nightmares come true. Get it now on: It is available for pre-order in the UK - will be

I first saw Iron Maiden live in Gothenburg 2008 on their Somewhere back in Time tour. I was immediately fascinated with Dickinson’s energy on stage and the way he captured the audience so completely. I have a rather complicated relationship with Iron Maiden. I was first introduced to the band on a road trip in Iceland with my father. I had heard the band before, but one of my favourite relatives, a boy my age, who at the time lived at the end of the world (where I was visitin

Today I'm going to tell you about a book. Now this isn’t the kind of book I usually talk about, write about or in fact read. This books is different from most things I like. This is, however, a book that I couldn’t put down. I was listening, like I so often do, to the Otherppl podcast. Brad Listi was interviewing Ayobami Adebayo. Now Listi is a great interviewer and I always enjoy listening to his interviews but this one was especially pleasant and it immediately let me to d

I’ve always been a bit jealous of people who say they have a book that changed their lives in a fundamental way. I love books, but for the longest time I didn’t have that. I had no book that single handedly changed the way I thought or changed the way I was or wanted to be, not in any fundamental way I thought. I’ve loved many books and while they have made a strong impact I couldn’t say with good conscience that I ever read a book that really changed my life. Or so I thought