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Liz Tuckwell

Goodreads Author

Born

Farmborough Kent, The United Kingdom

Website

https://www.liztuckwell.co.uk

Twitter

@liztuckwell1

Genre

Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction

Influences

Jasper Fforde
Charlaine Harris

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Member Since

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Liz Tuckwell shares a house with her husband, a tortoiseshell cat and far too many books. She has a twin sister but hasn't published any stories about twins so far.

She writes quirky fantasy which some people say is dark and she says is darkish. Agree to disagree.

Liz loves reading fantasy and science fiction particularly historical fantasy, alternate historical fantasy, urban fantasy. alternate history and time travel,

Liz enjoys reading, writing, watching films and plays, and travelling to far away places when there isn't a pandemic.

Liz wrote a novel aged thirteen. Sadly, this 'literary gem' was lost to history when her father threw it out while having a clear out while she was at university. Not that she's bitter and twisted about it.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 351 ratings · 100 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Interview 3.78 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moonsleep and Other Stories 4.15 avg rating — 48 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quirky Christmas Stories by Anne Wrightwell (Goodreads Author), Liz Tuckwell (Goodreads Author), Rose Bishop 3.34 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Monster Met 3.73 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantastic Flash Fiction 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scared of Girls 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Raven King 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carol's Christmas: A modern adaptation of A Christmas Carol 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Rockstar Ending: The first book in the terrifyingly plausible dystopian Rockstar Ending series

by N.A. Rossi (Goodreads Author)

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A Market of Dreams and Destiny

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Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)

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Enjoyable story with likeable hero and heroine. I did get frustrated with Halle when she seemed to be right back where she started at the beginning of the novel, and stopped listening to it for a few weeks. I do like the world that T Kingfisher's fant ...more
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“A moonlit drive into the Mojave Desert sounds romantic. It isn't, not when you have a corpse in your trunk.”
― Liz Tuckwell , Moonsleep and Other Stories

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“In Joe's opinion, you never went wrong telling a woman she had a lovely name.”
― Liz Tuckwell, Moonsleep and Other Stories

tags: dark, horror, horror-fantasy

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“If you’re drowning and a murderer throws you a line, you can’t wait for someone more agreeable to come along.”
― Steve Shahbazian, Green and Pleasant Land

tags: cynical, cynicism, life, moral-dilemma, morality

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“Life is rarely a choice between good and bad, but bad and worse.”
― Steve Shahbazian, Green and Pleasant Land

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“When your enemy has you by the throat, you put your enmity on hold.”
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tags: conflict, cynical, cynicism, enmity, politics, power

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“When you’re swimming with the sharks, you can’t afford to be burdened with scruples.”
― Steve Shahbazian, Green and Pleasant Land

tags: conflict, cynical, cynicism, enmity, morality, politics, power

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