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Skye Allen

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in Richmond, Canada
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Genre
Fantasy, Young Adult, Gay and Lesbian

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February 2013


Skye Allen wrote PRETTY PEG and THE SONGBIRD THIEF, both queer YA fantasy novels. THE SONGBIRD THIEF was a Goldie Award finalist and won a FAPA President’s Book Award. She has had stories in Cloud Lake Literary, Mythaxis, Toasted Cheese, and Of Dragons and Magic, and poetry in Insomnia and Sinister Wisdom. She is a graduate of the Viable Paradise writers workshop. She lives with her wife on Lekwungen territory in Victoria, BC.

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?
Skye Allen Not strictly a mystery, but I have a relative who learned as an adult that her next-door neighbor was her birth mother. I always thought she would mak…moreNot strictly a mystery, but I have a relative who learned as an adult that her next-door neighbor was her birth mother. I always thought she would make a wonderfully haunted character. (less)
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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?
Skye Allen There are so many to choose from, but I love Frog and Toad from Arnold Lobel's series for kids. They have a wonderful, complex friendship that can als…moreThere are so many to choose from, but I love Frog and Toad from Arnold Lobel's series for kids. They have a wonderful, complex friendship that can also be seen as a gay relationship, as this story points out: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-t.... (less)
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Average rating: 4.16 · 32 ratings · 20 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors
Pretty Peg
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Ten Mile Creek

It’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog, but I haven’t been totally quiet. I finished a novel and sent it into the query trenches. Ditto a few short stories. And I made an album.

Writing songs is different from writing fiction, but not that different. The songs I picked for Ten Mile Creek are mostly story songs. And every one is about loss. Heartache, mourning, the broken places that never m

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