Joss Stirling

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… so competition time!

I was thinking what I could do for my lovely followers and decided that a quick competition to win a mystery book (but one of mine!) would be fun. It’s my way of saying thank you for all the messages and help over the year. #competition

So here it is:

If you were going to be stranded in a snowy wilderness for Christmas – just a cabin, firewood and a supply essentials – which three people would you wish to be with you and why? Entries Tweet length please.

Questions?
1. You should choose people (real or fictional, living or dead) that we all stand a chance of knowing so your best mates might not work – unless they happen to be movie stars…

2. I will pick my three winners Friday 21st December 2018 so you’ll know if you’ve won before Christmas but will get your prize in the New Year.

3. Open worldwide. If you are working in English as a second language, please mention your native language as I have foreign editions too to give away.

4. Enter below. Do tag friends if you think they’d like to join in.

Picture credit: Photo by thomas henke on Unsplash … See more

Hi everyone. Early bird price for Deadly Nightshade will end soon so go get it now if you want to purchase it at 99p.

Thank you to those who have been posting their reviews!

Bad luck was what brought me here. To be more precise, a curse. I expect you’ve heard about them in fairy tales. But did you pay attention? The old word for fairy was fey. My history is a fey tale.Fatal.Linny is stuck in a boarding school in Maine, knowing she is cursed to die before her s… … See more

First in a new trilogy about three cursed sisters. Linny has been doomed to die before her sixteenth birthday over many lifetimes. Now at boarding school in Maine, is this time going to be any different? … See more

My lunch spot today in Malta before writing workshop. Tough life, hey?

Come and join me if you can tomorrow (Tuesday) at Waterstones in Cambridge, 6pm. I’d love to see you there! I’m wearing my Julia Golding hat, but I can multitask as Joss if you have a question for me!

Fanfare and drum roll (please imagine the best one you can!). After all your wonderful help and support, the paperback is now available. You have to wait for 1 December for the Kindle version but you can pre-order it now too. I’ve got that on an early bird price (99p) but it will go up in December so best get in early. I hope you all like this new story – all wintry and snowy, with a curse and Christmas too! … See more

Deadly Nightshade (Three Sisters Trilogy)

Some of you have been asking when my next public appearance will be. If you are happy to see me wearing my Julia Golding hat (or bonnet – as the book is Victorian in period!) please do come along to Cambridge Waterstones 6pm 27th November. I’m sure I can answer a few Joss Stirling questions too! RSVP as on invitation appreciated. … See more

This is for my readers in the Cambridge area.

Interested in how fiction, faith and science can all get along – or maybe they can’t – that’s the question, isn’t it? I’m appearing with Dr Amy Unsworth, expert in the public reception of science, at Waterstones Cambridge 6pm 27th November. It’s a free public event to mark the launch of my science inspired children’s novel, The Curious Crime. Come with your questions and points of view for what I hope will be a fun evening discussing everything from Darwin to dodos. RSVP appreciated. … See more

I’ve done another of my book trailers for Deadly Nightshade – including my final decision on the issue of the covers! Never fear, those who like the other design, there are still two more books to go so I might use it later.

Do let me know what you think of the trailer. You can also pre-order the book at an early-bird price. (As the sisters are all named after garden birds I thought that appropriate!). There will be a paperback too which will be available on 1st December. … See more

Book trailer for the first in the Three Sisters Trilogy, Deadly Nightshade. You can order the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deadly-Nightshade-Three-Sis…