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Moira McPartlin

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July 19

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Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Contemporary

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Moira McPartlin made a big impact with The Incomers, her debut novel set in Fife. It was shortlisted for the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award and was a critical success.
Her speculative fiction Sun Song Trilogy novels, Ways of the Doomed, Wants of the Silent and Star of Hope set in 2089, reflect many issues we are living with today.
In September 2019 her short play A Handful Of Glaur was included as part of the UNESCO Cities of Literature Short Play Festival in New Zealand and in 2020 she will take up a writing fellowship at Hawthornden Castle. She is also a prolific writer of short stories and poetry and has been published in a variety of literary magazines.
Her new novel Before Now: Memoir of a Toerag was published in May 2021 ...more

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	Before Now: Memoir of a Toerag 4.71 avg rating — 17 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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	Star of Hope (Sun Song #3) 4.83 avg rating — 6 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
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	Women Writing the Weird by Deb Hoag (2011-11-17) by Moira McPartlin (Goodreads Author), Rachel Kendall (Goodreads Author), Deb Finley-Hoag 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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In 2011 I sat in the offices of Fledgling Press and signed the contract for my debut novel The Incomers. The then owner, Zander Wedderburn and soon to be new Fledgling CEO, Clare Cain, were as excited about the book as I was. Since then, Clare and Fledgling have gone on to publish the three books in my Sun Song Trilogy and have been a constant support to my writing career.

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