Success stories

Juliette McAlroy

Juliette McAlroy is an unnatural redhead masquerading as a natural brunette, and is made of sugar and spice and all things nice, apart from the bits that are made of blood and bone and squicky things. Other than writing, she enjoys singing, expanding her personal library, running for Tube trains in 5 inch heels, and LARP (but she’s just in that for the latex and the chance to beat up her friends). She is undertaking the lifelong quest for the best red hairdye which is proving rife with constant peril. More…

Nik Jones

Nik Jones’ debut novel, 9987, is released in January 2009. Nik began writing seriously whilst at Bath Spa University and with the help of feedback from BubbleCow his manuscript won Tonto Book’s North New Writers’ Prize. More…

Matt Hill

Matt Hill is a fiction writer living in Manchester. His first novel is titled ‘Colin & The Strimmer Men‘. More…

Rex Richards

Rex Richards is a multi award winning TV and radio producer and advertising Creative Director who once owned a rabbit. He’d like to think he’s a reasonable writer, and has developed a series of highly commercial books which follow movie structures. More…

Rosalind Wyllie

Originally from Aldeburgh in Suffolk, Rosalind Wyllie ran away to London when she was 17 and lived there for ten years before making the curious decision to move to Newcastle. For a few years Roz worked in a variety of jobs in London, including stints at Virgin Records, Stiff records and ZTT. More…