NEW! Trailer for mystery novel

I've just uploaded a trailer for my mystery novel set in the 1930's, The Case of the Diamond Shadow, which comes out in July. It features several photos taken by my grandfather, who was a film cameraman in France in the early 1930's, and some 1930's music as well. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/sophievmasson

March release of last 3 Thomas Trew books!

For all readers in Australia, some exciting news: March will see the simultaneous release of the last three Thomas Trew books--the Selkie's Curse, Flying Huntsman, and Island of Ghosts! Keep an eye out for them at your local bookshop.
There will also be an interview/article about the whole series in Disney Adventures magazine for March, so watch out for it!

Narnia anthology!

I'm really excited by the fact I have an essay in a fabulous upcoming American anthology for children and young adults about The Chronicles of Narnia, by CS Lewis. The book, which is coming out in a few weeks, is called Through the Wardrobe, it's edited by Herbie Brennan, the author of the Faerie Wars series(amongst many other books), and it's published by Ben Bella Books in the US, and available exclusively through Borders stores. There's lots of great essays in there, by many different writers, and on lots of interesting topics.. My essay's called Going to Narnia, and it's about how, as a child, I felt very much that it was a real place--but that the same couldn't be said for Aslan's country, which the children go to at the very end.

Ben Bella Books have also kindly offered to donate a couple of copies for competitions, so if you'd like to be in the running, answer this simple question: what is the name of the ruined, spellbound great city that Digory and Polly first fetch up in, in the first Chronicle of Narnia, The Magicians's Nephew? The first three correct answers will win a copy of the book.

UPDATE: This competition is now closed. Congratulations to the winners!

A new website..

Using the new and fabulous Googlepage website creator, I've just created a website for my recent four-book fantasy series for older readers, The Chronicles of El Jisal. Have a look at it! It's at http://sophievmasson.googlepages.com

New video on You Tube channel

I've just made and uploaded a short(4 min) talk about writing my graphic novel, The Secret Army: Operation Loki. It's an exciting adventure set in the 1930's, and was published in Australia by ABC Books in 2006. It was highly praised by none other than Anthony Horowitz!

Go and have a peek at how it all came together, with me, the artist Anthony Davis, the designer and the publisher:

www.youtube.com/sophievmasson

Writer Unboxed

I've been asked to be a contributor at the great genre writing blog, Writer Unboxed, http://writerunboxed.com and my introductory interview is up there right now. My first post will be up there on Wednesday. Go and have a look!

The Island of Ghosts..

Just got my advance copy of the sixth and final Thomas Trew book--Thomas Trew and the Island of Ghosts. It's one of the scariest of the Thomas adventures--he even meets Mr D, the lord of death..
The book looks great, and there's a great endorsement on the cover by a reader: she gives it six shiny stars out of five! You can't ask better than that, can you!
The book will be out in the UK on January 17. In Australia, the last three books--Selkie's Curse, Flying Huntsman and Island of Ghosts--are all coming out together, in March. Watch for them at your local bookshop!