Janelle McCurdy is an author and fully-fledged gamer. Janelle began writing middle-grade fantasy in her teens, and signed a three-book deal in multiple territories for the Umbra Tales series in her early twenties. Her FAB Prize winning story, Mia and the Lightcasters, has gone on to be shortlisted and longlisted for major awards including the Week Junior Book Awards, Branford Boase Award, Diverse Book Awards and Jhalak Prize. In her free time, you can find her holed up in her room, gaming and watching anime or attending numerous comic cons and gaming events.
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Video games have definitely had an impact on many of my stories, but I also take time to go on walks to just clear my mind and think.
Legendborn by Tracey Deonn
Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
Yep! I’m mainly a PlayStation girl, but I also like playing Xbox, Switch, VR. I also like card games and I’ll challenge you to a game of monopoly too haha!
Scrivener to plot and plan. Microsoft word for the manuscript itself.
It took eight years to get there, but here’s the story of how I got my agent!
Gaming, watching anime, going to comic cons and horse riding. Although I haven’t done the latter in years, wish I could do it more often!