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Freda Warrington
Author of A Taste of Blood Wine, Grail of the Summer
Stars, Elfland, The Court of the Midnight King, Dracula the Undead, A
Blackbird in Silver Darkness... and many more fantasy novels.
Welcome
to my author site!
This is the
previous version of my home page for 2013. Scroll down for links to
2013 Blog Tours, interviews and so on.
*COVER REVEALS!* New
for October - the long-awaited second book in my Blood Wine vampire
series - A DANCE IN
BLOOD VELVET from Titan Books (Due April/ May 2014 in
USA).
And
for April/ May 2014 - October 2014 in the USA - the stunning cover of
Book Three, THE DARK
BLOOD OF POPPIES.
"Step
forward Charlotte and Karl, a magnificent pairing, and a timeless
couple that deserve a place up there with the very best of genre
lovers." - British
Fantasy Society.
I'm
thrilled that my "Blood Wine" vampire
sequence is being republished by Titan Books - they're making a
beautiful job of the cover designs -
- A TASTE OF BLOOD
WINE (May 2013 UK/ Oct 2013 US)
- A DANCE IN BLOOD VELVET
(Oct 2013 UK/ May 2014 US)
- THE DARK BLOOD OF POPPIES
(May 2014 UK/ Oct 2014 US)
- THE DARK ARTS OF BLOOD
(my brand new work in
progress. Oct 2014 UK/
May 2015 US).
For
further
news, watch this space (and Facebook). Scroll down for further
details of the novels, and follow the Bookseller links bar
below to buy or preorder.
These
novels were first published in the 1990s, long before more recent
vampire crazes. Many people have
emailed
me over the years asking for them to be
reissued. Thank you for your patience - it's happening!
My
third novel
for Tor, GRAIL OF THE
SUMMER STARS, also came out in April. It's a
contemporary fantasy with lots of adventure, mystery and...
well, see for yourself!
"If
you like your fantasy deeply layered, sparkling and ethereal, do I have
a book for you!" - LitStack
BLOG TOURS!
For A Taste of Blood Wine,
A Dance in Blood
Velvet
and Grail of the Summer
Stars
I'm writing guest posts and interviews for various websites,
to go
with their
reviews. Some sites have GIVEAWAYS and/ or short
story
extracts. Here are the links - I'm adding new ones as
they
come in. Scroll down for further news and info... and thank you,
website masters!
Note
- the excellent Upcoming4me site has compiled its "Story behind..."
feature into an ebook where you can read many essays by well-known
authors about their inspiration. Links below - it's a fascinating read.
And in view of
recent excitement over Richard III, I'm working on reissuing THE COURT
OF THE MIDNIGHT KING... To keep things
simple, here's the schedule:
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April 2013 - A TASTE OF BLOOD WINE (Titan UK),
paperback and ebook.
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April 2013 - GRAIL OF THE SUMMER STARS (Tor US),
hardback and ebook - the third in the Aetherial Tales series followng
Elfland and Midsummer Night.
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Easter 2013 - I was Fantasy Guest of
Honour at
'EightSquared' in Bradford, UK, the annual BSFA Convention. See my
Facebook page for pics!
- Stoke Newington
Literary Festival, Sunday June 9th 5pm - 6pm, panel discussion with Kim
Newman
- EdgeLit
event in Derby, Saturday 13th July, 2013
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October 2013 - A DANCE IN BLOOD VELVET (Titan UK),
second of the Blood Wine sequence, reissued in paperback and ebook. A
TASTE OF BLOOD WINE issued in USA.
-
World Fantasy Convention in Brighton - I was there!
See my Facebook page for pics.
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April 2014 - THE DARK BLOOD OF POPPIES (Titan UK),
third of the Blood Wine sequence, reissued in paperback and ebook. I'm
in the middle of re-editing.
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And coming in October 2014 - a brand new Blood
Wine novel, THE DARK ARTS OF BLOOD!
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RICHARD III - following the discovery of the
remains of King Richard III in Leicester and the renewed interest in
this most controversial and fascinating of monarchs, I'm preparing my
'alternative history' Ricardian novel THE COURT OF THE MIDNIGHT KING
for ebook publication
Currently
I'm working on several books at the same time - edits on my vampire
series and on my Richard III novel, The Court of the Midnight King,
plus writing the new one, The Dark Arts of Blood. It's good to be busy,
but this is getting crazy!
You'll
mostly find me on Facebook and also on my LiveJournal blog. Please come
and chat - scroll down for more links. For my
contact details and links to other sites, click on Contacts at top of
page. Follow
Novels for info on all my work to date. There's also a link to buy my
books just below.
"So
are your books any good, then?"
Yes, I have been asked this very question by a
slightly squiffy convention member. Well... most people seem to like
them, once they actually read them. Go on, give them a try!
If you love the
1920s, a period of change and decadence... If you
prefer your vampires passionate, sexy, grown-up - and not afraid to be vampires...
A
TASTE OF BLOOD WINE: 1918: Amid the horrors of a First
World War
battlefield, vampire Karl fights to be free of his monstrous creator,
the tyrannical Kristian.
1923: Charlotte Neville, the shy daughter of a scientist,
develops a feverish obsession with her father's enigmatic new
assistant, Karl. But is their passion worth any sacrifice? For Kristian
intends to teach Karl a lesson in power... by devouring Charlotte.
"Throbs
with lush romanticism" - The Times
A DANCE IN BLOOD VELVET:
1925: Charlotte thought her bond with her vampire lover, Karl, would
last for eternity - until Karl's former flame, the seductively
beautiful Katerina, reappears. Now she wants to reclaim her life... and
Karl.
In despair, Charlotte turns to a prima ballerina, the
spell-binding ice maiden Violette. But Charlotte's obsession with the
dancer unleashes a far darker threat than the vampires could have
imagined...
"The
true Queen of the vampire novel" - Black Tears
Magazine
THE
DARK BLOOD OF POPPIES:
1926: The ballerina Violette Lenoir has undergone a terrifying
tranformation into Lilith, demon mother of all vampires.
Haunted
by her dark sensuality, Charlotte and her immortal lover Karl are drawn
to the dancer - both to protect her, and to shield others from her
savage nature.
For Violette has enemies, and the heirs of Kristian are out to
destroy her. Innocently embroiled in the endgame, courtesan extraordinaire
Robyn finally meets her match as she is torn between the two
ultimate lovers: the sinister Sebastian Pierse - and Violette
herself.
"A
gorgeous grave-throbber" - Time Out
Award-winning
AETHERIAL
TALES from Tor US
Contemporary fantasies with lots of mystery, character
interaction and Otherworldly adventure, not to mention a dash of sex,
love, jealousy, conflict and magic. Each novel can be enjoyed on its
own.
However, the brand new third book, GRAIL OF THE SUMMER STARS, completes
a larger story arc across the three books that I hope you won't want to
miss!
ELFLAND won
the 2009 Romantic Times Award for Best Fantasy Novel
Young Aetherial Rosie Fox grows up to learn many
difficult lessons about life and love - but while the Great Gates to
the Otherworld remain sealed by a malevolent force, the whole Aetherial
race is under threat.
"Sensuous
and intense - buy it, read it, love it!"
- Melanie Rawn
MIDSUMMER
NIGHT made the Booklist Online (American Library Association)
Top Ten SF/ Fantasy Novels of 2010
Renowned sculptor Dame Juliana Flagg little knows what
she's unleashing when she creates a disturbing group of statues... but
when visitors Gill and Peta discover long-lost Aetherial paths,
they unlock more dark dangerous secrets than Juliana could ever have
feared.
"Exquisite
sense of wonder that makes the heart of this old reader sing"
- Charles de Lint
*NEW* GRAIL OF THE SUMMER
STARS April 2013
A visionary painting brings Stevie Silverwood
into contact with a stranger, the gorgeous Mistangamesh. But
her artist friend Daniel has gone missing, and Mist has troubles of his
own. For thirty thousand years, Mist has been doomed to pursue his
treacherous brother Rufus to avenge the destruction of a legendary
Aetherial city, Azantios. Daniel may hold the clue to Rufus's hiding
place - if only Stevie and Mist can find him before
his visions of apocalypse come true...
"A
classy, beautifully rendered tale... a complex enterprise with real
heft, a rich back story and characters that grow with the narrative...
A must for existing fans, while being easily accessible to newcomers."
- Kirkus Book Reviews
As
for me...
I've
been writing since I was five years old. Writers such as CS Lewis,
Tolkien, Tanith Lee and Michael Moorcock captured my imagination... and
in 1986 my first novel A BLACKBIRD IN SILVER was published by NEL
Since
then I've had twenty novels published (to date) all of varying types of
fantasy - sword n' sorcery, contemporary, vampire/ gothic romance,
supernatural, alternative history, epic... For lots more information,
and a full bibliography of my work with my notes and thoughts.... just
follow the links. To cut down on spam, the email link isn't live -
you'll need to copy it and remove the spaces. Thank you!
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