About the event

With Bex Hogan’s Venom, the second in her Isles of Storm and Sorrow trilogy and PM Freestone’s Crown of Smoke, the conclusion to her Shadowscent duology, join the authors as they discuss their vast empires and islands created as their epic YA stories unfold.

Chaired by Eleanor Pender

About the speakers

Raised on a healthy diet of fantasy and fairy tales, Bex Hogan has spent much of her life lost in daydreams. Writing her stories down was a natural progression and now she enjoys sharing her time between living in the real world and escaping to her imagination. A Cornish girl at heart, Bex now lives in Cambridgeshire with her husband, two beautiful daughters and crazy cocker spaniel. She might be found riding horses, talking to her plants or eating marzipan. Or not.

P. M. Freestone writes young adult fantasy and speculative fiction. In 2019, her debut novel Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom publishes in the UK and USA (Scholastic) and has so far been acquired in seven other languages, while her short stories for adults and young people have appeared in various print and online venues. She is a Clarion Writers’ Workshop graduate, a Scottish Book Trust New Writer’s Award winner, and was selected for SCBWI’s 2018 Undiscovered Voices anthology. She holds degrees in archaeology, religious history and sociology, and a PhD in infectious diseases and international development. Originally hailing from Australia, she now calls Scotland home.

Find out more about Bex Hogan and P. M. Freestone!