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Both Australian and international readers can buy my eBooks via Amazon. If you’re after the paperback versions, they’re via Amazon for international readers and via the Talem Press website if you’re in Australia.

The Ninth Sorceress, Book I of The Price of Magic series, is available right now! You can get it via Amazon if you’re an eBook or international paperback reader, or via the Talem Press website if you’re after the Australian paperback.

Well well well. You liked The Ninth Sorceress, huh? Sunk your teeth into A Wind From The Rift, too? Good news — you won’t have to wait too long for Book 3. Join my mailing list and you’ll be the first to know when the release date is announced.

In the blackest dungeon of the Clockwork City, a prisoner lies bound in silver shackles. Who is she? And why are the wizards so afraid of her?

Seventeen-year-old Gwyn has no family and no past. Apprenticed to a half-mad herbalist, she travels the snow-blasted High Country, hawking potions in a peddler’s wagon. Her guardian hides her from the world like a dark secret, and she knows better than to push for answers.

But when she discovers she is hunted by the goddess Beheret, Gwyn is drawn into a deep and ancient tale: of chained gods and lost magic, of truths long buried and the rising of a war she never could have imagined.

Wizards and their magic-sniffing hounds pursue her – as does a stranger in a smiling mask, who calls her by an unfamiliar name…

But what really terrify her are the dangerous gifts she’s spent her life suppressing. Now, Gwyn must step out of the shadows and take charge of her destiny – even if the price is her own soul.

The Ninth Sorceress is the breathtaking first instalment of The Price of Magic, a sweeping fantasy saga full of rich storytelling and tangible magic.

If you liked these books, you might enjoy The Ninth Sorceress!

• The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
• The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
• The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan
• The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
• Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
• The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
• Sabriel by Garth Nix
• Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas

I started writing as soon as I could read. My first serious attempt at a book was in primary school, when I started The Rainforest Kids – the story of Hazel, a young girl whose town is wiped out in a nuclear explosion. She seeks refuge in the nearby forest and discovers a society of runaway girls hidden amongst the trees. I never finished that book, but it taught me a lot, and made me realise that hey, I really do love this ‘writing’ thing!

The Ninth Sorceress began in 1999, and the very earliest version was a Final Fantasy VIII fanfiction! By 2006, when I started my undergrad degree in Writing and Cultural studies, it had evolved into an original work with its own characters and world.

I’ve been working on this novel on and off for over ten years now. It’s been a real labour of love. I hope you love it too!

I do them myself! I’m not a professional artist, and I’m definitely not a cartographer, but I’ve been sketching and playing with Photoshop since I was a kid.

Fun fact: The map for The Ninth Sorceress existed before the characters did!

I spotted Talem Press’s open call for manuscripts in the Writing NSW Newsbite newsletter back in October 2018. I was still polishing up my manuscript and didn’t feel quite ‘ready’ to submit yet — but their call for ‘unlikely heroines, mysterious magic and out-of-this-world story-telling’ was too good to pass up. Hey, my manuscript is about exactly those things!

I whipped up a cover letter and sent it off, feeling unlikely. But the stars aligned, and pretty soon I was signing my first book deal. I feel super lucky to have been picked up on my first time submitting to a publisher. Even J K Rowling had to wade through a half-dozen rejections, so it’s clear that luck and timing were on my side.

I made a whole blog post of my writing tips right here. If you’re an aspiring writer, go check it out – you might find something helpful!

Sooner than you think!

Mailing list subscribers will get an early sneak peek. You’ll find out the title, release date and cover design before anyone else. If you haven’t signed up, what are you waiting for?