Jessica Rydill

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Jessica Rydill is a British fantasy author from Bath. Born in 1959, she studied English at King's College, Cambridge before qualifying as a solicitor. She travelled a lot in her twenties. Orbit Books published her first novel, Children of the Shaman, in 2001, and Locus magazine short-listed it for best first novel. Sequel The Glass Mountain appeared in October 2002.
From 2017-2021, small press Grimbold Books reissued both books, with sequels Malarat and Winterbloom.
Jessica's most recent book, The Girl from the Sea, came out in 2019.
Jessica lives near Bath with her husband and her crew of Ball-jointed dolls or BJD, which aren't creepy. Though they can be badly behaved...
Visit Jessica's web-site at www.shamansland.com to learn about the shama
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Children of the Shaman

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The Glass Mountain

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Review of Of Sands and Tides by Jan Edwards

Picture of young woman in uniform standing in front of the pyramids in Egypt

A satisfying read with true suspense and a redoubtable heroine

Jan Edwards has put together a gripping collection of eight dark tales featuring spirited government agent Captain Georgianna Forsythe (Georgi to her friends). The agency Georgi works for, The Ministry of Arcane Events, sends her on perilous missions in Britain and beyond, where she must fight horrific powers from the distant pas

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“It was hard to describe what she had sensed, but it had been distinct and clear, like the shape of a leafless tree against the sky, or a crow flying across a ploughed field. She hesitated to close her eyes again, for it had risen up close to her face like something appalling.”
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