Why is Broken Sky set so far in the future, yet it’s like the 1940s?

I really wanted a 1940s feel for the story – I love the films and look of that era. I could have just written it as an alternative history, but I kept envisioning a not-quite-as-we-know-it 1940s world, set against the ruins of our own. That felt very cool to me, so in...

Why did you decide to use astrology in the series?

The series arc loosely parallels WWII, so I needed an ideology that my fictional regime would use to repress and demonise certain people. Hitler supposedly had a strong interest in the occult, which felt perfect to me. The use of astrology to control a populace would...

Were you inspired by current events in writing the Broken world?

Actually, no; I thought I was just writing a distorted take on WWII. I finished Black Moon’s first draft in early 2016. It’s been a bit unsettling to see certain parallels emerge between our modern-day world and my fictional one. I seem to have a crystal ball I didn’t...

Collie! Why, why, why?

I wanted to explore the idea that sometimes you don’t know someone nearly as well as you think – and also that you can have an intense first love that doesn’t work out, and you know what? That’s OK. You move on.