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Award-winning author Anna Finch lives in Melbourne, Australia, where she works as a teacher of English and Humanities by day and as a writer by night. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Legal Studies with a major in Literature and Law and a Master of Teaching secondary.

After participating in NANOWRIMO, she discovered she could write a novel and decided to just go for it—she hasn’t looked back since. Voiceless, her debut novel, has recently won the Firebird 2022 Book Award in the mythology category. She hopes that her Young Adult Urban Fantasy novel will delight Coming of Age readers and adults alike. It is a subversion of the classic The Little Mermaid story. Prior to writing her novel, she had been a serial poet and short story writer.

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Anna Finch I currently plan on getting through my massive TBR pile. I'm currently about halfway through 'These Violent Delights' by Chloe Gong, which I am absolu…moreI currently plan on getting through my massive TBR pile. I'm currently about halfway through 'These Violent Delights' by Chloe Gong, which I am absolutely loving. I also planning on finishing 'The Deathless Girls' by Kiran Millwood Hargrave and 'Save the Cat Writes a Novel' by Jessica Brody which I started reading earlier this year but haven't finished. (less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Anna Finch Ooh, that's a bit tricky. It really depends on the situation. For example, if I'm in the middle of a story or novel and I know what needs to happen in…moreOoh, that's a bit tricky. It really depends on the situation. For example, if I'm in the middle of a story or novel and I know what needs to happen in the scene but I'm completely stuck and don't know how to move forward, I'll do one of two things. I'll either skip the scene or chapter and go to one that I can actually focus on writing or I'll write the scene in a completely different POV just so I can get the first draft done. I did this when writing the first draft of 'Voiceless' actually. I didn't know how to write a couple of scenes in Moriah's POV because I was completely stuck so I switched to Abdiel's (her father) and Micheal's POVs which were in 3rd person.

On the other hand, when I know I need to start writing a particular story or novel but no matter what I do I can't focus on it or write anything down, I generally do something else. Sometimes I will literally write anything a poem, a short story or flash fiction. Basically anything to get me writing again. Otherwise, I'll do short courses about writing or publishing to get me interested in writing again. (less)

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Average rating: 4.39 · 36 ratings · 33 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Voiceless: A Mermaid's Tale 4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hide and Seek Alphabet: With Australian Animals by Anna Finch (Goodreads Author), A.P. Gil (Illustrator) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New Years Giveaway on Youtube

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On my Youtube channel I'm doing a book giveaway to celebrate being a published author for 2 years now and the success of my books in book awards. The giveaway will run between the 11th of December 2022 and 12th of January 2023 11:55pm AEDT.

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Anna Finch wrote a new blog post New Years Giveaway on Youtube Hi everyone! On my Youtube channel I'm doing a book giveaway to celebrate being a published author for 2 years now and the success of my books in book Read more of this blog post »
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Anna Finch and 1 other person liked Emmaleen's review of Hide and Seek Alphabet: With Australian Animals: "I was sent a free copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I read this book with my 5 year old son. As it is a children's book, I think we also need a child's opinion in this review. We are from New Zealand, so we enjoyed read" Read more of this review »
Oct 17, 2022 07:05PM · see review
Anna Finch made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — My book has been added to the wrong author profile topic " Thank you. "
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Anna Finch made a comment on Voiceless has just won another award " ฮาโมนี wrote: "Congratulations!" Thank you. ...more "
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Anna Finch wants to read Our Violent Ends (These Violent Delights, #2) by Chloe Gong (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Anna Finch liked Kat M's review of Voiceless: A Mermaid's Tale: "This was a great mermaid novel, it was what I was looking for in this type of book and I thoroughly enjoyed going on this journey. The characters were great and I enjoyed the writing style from it. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout an" Read more of this review »
Mar 02, 2021 12:10AM · see review
Anna Finch answered a question about Voiceless: Who would like to read a free copy of 'Voiceless'? Well you're in luck. I'm doing a giveaway of my debut novel 'Voiceless' on Google Play Books for the first 25 followers here on Goodreads. The specific details about the giveaway are in my blog post. Please read it before entering. Here is the link for the blog post: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
Feb 27, 2021 09:19PM · like
Anna Finch asked a question about Voiceless: Who would like to read a free copy of 'Voiceless'? Well you're in luck. I'm doing a giveaway of my debut novel 'Voiceless' on Google Play Books for the first 25 followers here on Goodreads. The specific details about the giveaway are in my blog post. Please read it before entering.
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