Stephen Cox

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I’m interested in strong, believable characters and their relationships. I like writing to have hope and humour, and to recognise the dark and unfair side of life. Usually, my work has some speculative or fantastical elements, but I am not interested in strict barriers between genres.

“Cox’s writing style is warm, lyrical and not afraid to explore humanity’s many complex and opposing points of view. This is the kind of book that makes you think about what being human is and could be.” (Run along the shelves blog)

The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder - Spooky Sapphic Victorian Murder Mystery is published 1st Sept.

"London 1881. Two older women, lovers living off their spiritualist scam; a beautiful young Lady lost in grief; and a powerful man c
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Average rating: 3.75 · 504 ratings · 177 reviews · 3 distinct worksSimilar authors
Our Child of the Stars

3.70 avg rating — 420 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions
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Our Child of Two Worlds

3.92 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions
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4.30 avg rating — 23 ratings2 editions
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A City on Mars?

A City on Mars

This is an important book. Written by a scientist and a cartoonist, it’s funny, but well-argued and well-informed. In essence it starts from a position that space exploration is cool and we should do it. But it takes a really hard-headed look at what is possible, useful, and urgent.

A Moon base is harder than the ISS and a Mars base far, far harder. Whether it is radiation, recycl

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Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake
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