Meet the Team!

Hi, I'm  Vivienne. Welcome to Serendipity Reviews! The original UK book blog.

Want to know about me?

Well I 'm not really the Don of UK book blogging as some lovelies like to call me. I'm not really Hurricane Viv either, as the lovely Amy Plum  has often referred to me as.  However I am a force of nature - as well as being a book mad crazy lady who is unagented and has an unpublished YA book shoved up her jumper! I also have a half finished children's contemporary and a New Adult one juggling under there for prime position. I was recently shortlisted for the New Talent Award for the Festival of Romance.

I live in the UK but I would love to live somewhere hot and sunny. The UK has far too many rainy days for my liking.

I 'm a mother of two and I gave up teaching in order to pursue my dreams of being a published author; a dream I have held since I was a little girl. Until that day, I will support and celebrate the authors who have reached their goal of publication.

I began blogging in 2009 and I am still going strong, thanks to my team of reviewers.  My blog is mainly a book blog where I tell everyone about the fabulous books I have read. I also include interviews with authors, as well as showcasing publishers hot new releases.

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As many of you know I am really busy with my writing at the moment.  I am presently sending out my YA to agents and embarking on a brand new writing project. I really didn't want the blog to suffer but I knew I couldn't read at the same rate I had been recently reading, so I asked for some guest reviewers and these ladies jumped on board. So I thought it would be nice to introduce them.

So please say hello to my four lovely ladies.

K. M. Lockwood  

I live by the sea in Sussex although I come from Yorkshire. Some of my favourite things are scuba diving, poking round churchyards and ruins, and reading about myths and legends. I love to write and my stories always involve at least one of my favourite things. 

My bookshelves are full of books about the sea, tales with a touch of magic in them, and ghost stories. 

I post on my blog every week – usually about writing - and it’s always good to hear from other readers and writers. Please drop in. 

www.kmlockwood.com 

Georgina Tranter

Hi, I’m Georgina.

I’m so excited about being able to contribute to Serendipity Reviews. Here’s a little bit about me:

I’m a former secondary school History teacher and now a full-time mum of two girls. I’ve also been a nursery nurse and worked in publishing.

I love reading and so do my children – they were both members of our local library at only 6 days old! I enjoy crime novels in particular but also historical fiction and books about witches and vampires!

When I’m not reading, I can be found looking after all of the animals that we have at our house: chickens, ducks, quails, rabbits, guinea pigs, alpacas, goats, fish, a hamster, a tortoise, a chinchilla and a dog!

There’s always something to keep me busy.

Sophie Duffy

Hi, I’m Sophie Duffy, mother of three teenagers who lives at the seaside in Teignmouth, Devon. I used to be a primary school teacher but now I write novels. My first, The Generation Game was published last summer. My second, This Holey Life, will be out in August 2012. 

Sophie has her own website, please click here to have look.

Caroline Hodges

Howdy, I’m Caroline. I tend to operate on the internet under ‘Musing Dragon’. You can call me whatever you like.

I currently work for Transport for London on some cycling promotion type stuff (that’s cycling ya hear? Take your issues with buses/tubes/trains elsewhere!). I found myself writing for Serendipity Reviews somewhat by mistake after a one-off review for The Assassin’s Curse after winning an ARC. Prior to that, I was a fan of reading reviews by the likes of Sister Spooky (real life friend and chocolate maker).

I’ve always been a fan of books and grew up reading mostly fantasy novels by the likes of long-time favourite authors Robin Hobb, C S Friedman and Anne Bishop. My reading is fairly broad nowadays however, dabbling in Young Adult, historical and popular fiction. Outside of reading, I play World of Warcraft, have two cats named Honey and Bagel (who bring me regular dead animals as presents) and like to travel.

If you want to chat about books, cake or to slate one of my reviews, don’t hesitate to tweet me @musingdragon