Cat Hellisen

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Cat Hellisen writes weird, lush speculative fiction for adults and children. She’s the author of When the Sea is Rising Red and Beastkeeper, and her short fiction and poetry have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, including Tor.com, Apex Magazine, Shimmer and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Her favourite writers are Ursula K Le Guin, Margaret Atwood, Tanith Lee and Clive Barker, though she loves discovering new writers of the fantastical.

Represented by Vaughne Hansen at Virginia Kidd Agency. Contact http://www.vk-agency.com/ for publishing related queries.

Articles

The narrative safety net of tropes in literature

Some readers and writers have a hate-hate relationship with tropes in fiction, but I love a good trope myself, especially if it is gently tweaked to be a little more ...
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The fall and rise of the novella

It’s just under a month until the end of the year, and those Goodreads Reading Challenge deadlines are looming. Back in January, when you were young, bright-eyed, innocent, filled with ...
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Confidence tricks for Imposter Syndrome

Ever feel like no matter how long you’ve been writing, how many books you’ve written and edited, how many stories you’ve sold, conventions you’ve attended, or other writers you’ ve ...
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Books

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