Some of you reading this will be twins. Most will be fraternal twins. A few of you will be identical twins. You might even be mirror twins–identical siblings who are the mirror images of the other. Around three in every thousand births is a set of twins, so whatever kind of twin you are, you’re […]
I’m stoked that Astred Hicks’ design work for the Twinmaker series is up for an Australian Book Design Award. Greatly deserved! I love these covers, and also the abandoned “d-mat cat” version from her blog that I’ve posted before: Best of luck to Astred and everyone at Allen & Unwin. They’ve worked so hard on […]
I’m virtual writer in residence for the month of December at Inside a Dog (“all about books – by young people, for young people”). Tune in to read my guest posts on writing, and be in the running for a copy of Crash! In the meantime, another busy week. Among the highlights of Supanova Brisbane, […]
I’m often asked this. Twinmaker, Troubletwisters and the Books of the Cataclysm all feature twins (identical, fraternal and mirror, respectively). Then there are the books that feature duplication of people, one way or another in Geodesica, Orphans, The Resurrected Man, The Fixers, Astropolis . . . it never ends. So why? This is a question […]