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Emily Gee

Emily Gee's first novel, THIEF WITH NO SHADOW, is a finely-faceted gem. Her haunting prose reads lik

About Me

I'm a writer, and my debut novel THIEF WITH NO SHADOW will be published by Solaris in 2007. Have a look at the beautiful cover by Larry Rostant -- it captures the dark mood of the book brilliantly, and I love the border of salamanders!

Here's the blurb:

A world where the ordinary and the extraordinary co-exist, where tall fire-breathing salamanders live alongside men and magic runs in certain bloodlines.

Melke is a wraith, able to walk unseen. Feared by all, hunted and hated, she has lost nearly everything she holds dear. Now she is forced to do the unthinkable: to save her brother’s life she must use her magical gift to steal.

But her thieving has devastating consequences. The stolen necklace was strung with tears, and without it Bastian sal Vere can’t break the curse that is destroying his family. And undoing her crime may cost Melke her life. The necklace now lies deep within a salamander’s den, a place of flame and pain that no thief has ever returned from. And time is running short. The moon grows full, and someone must face the creature that laid the curse and suffer its terrible vengeance.

My Interests

Travel, books, walking/tramping, movies, wine, languages, art, astronomy, photography, sverige och svenska

I'd like to meet:

Writers, readers, and interesting people, och folk som är svensk eller kan svenska -- fast det är flera år sedan jag var i sverige och min svenska har blivit väldigt dåligt!

(And if time travel was possible, I'd love to meet the Latin poet Catullus, who wrote incredible poems about love and life in 50s BC, and Pliny the Younger, who witnessed the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Yes, Latin was my favourite subject at school. I'm a freak!)

Music:

Fat Freddys Drop, Katchafire, Otautahi Allstars, Salmonella Dub, Rhombus, The Black Seeds, Twinset, Bluespeak, The Proclaimers, Michelle Shocked, Satie, Mozart, Bach, Peggy Lee, Nina Simone, Swingers soundtrack, Abba

Movies:

Tremors, The Faculty, The Terminator, The Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Die Hard, The Lost Boys, X-Men 2, Aliens, Galaxy Quest, Star Trek: First Contact, The Handmaid's Tale, Stand By Me, Victor/Victoria, Ever After, The Sound of Music, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Television:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Grey's Anatomy, America's Next Top Model, Desperate Housewives

Books:

Jane Austen, Lois McMaster Bujold, Jacqueline Carey, Jennifer Crusie, Lindsay Davis, Dick Francis, Laurell K Hamilton, Georgette Heyer, Diana Wynne Jones, Robin McKinley, Andre Norton

Heroes:

Someone whose integrity shines through, like Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.