Tim Lebbon – horror and dark fantasy author

Here’s the first stop on my Blog Tour – My Favourite Books.  Please check it out and post comments, send money, or sacrifice goats as applicable!

Also, check out this separate interview I’ve done for a gaming site…

Yesterday I delivered my new novel ECHO CITY FALLS.  It’s a biggie, clocking in at over 500 pages and 160,000 words.  This last week I’ve been working 12 hour days  revising/editing/rewriting, and I slogged right up to the finishing post.  So, apologies if it’s been a bit quiet here, but now that book’s done (for now … until I get edit note from my wonderful editor Anne Groell) things will be a bit easier.

But only a bit!  There’s still plenty to do this month, including a couple of projects I can’t say too much about yet.  Well, I could tell you about them, but then I’d have to kill you all.  And as I don’t know a) who reads this blog, and b) where you all live, and even if I did it’d take me ages to visit you all, and considering the price of petrol nowadays, it’s a scandal, it really is … well, it’s best I day nothing.

Here’s a great review for THE MAP OF MOMENTS, which you really must all buy if you haven’t already.  Go on.  Away with you.

And I might have posted this already, but what the hell, it’s a fantastic review of FALLEN so take another look.

I’ll soon be undertaking a ‘Blog Tour’ to promote the paperback release of FALLEN and the hardback release of THE ISLAND, so watch this space for news, dates and other exciting stuff.

No new book covers at present, so here’s a picture of me and my dog Blu instead.

Right, have a great weekend.  I predict gardening, DIY, a meal out somewhere, and real ale in my future.

Here’s a fantastic review for FALLEN!  Yep, another one.

What’s that?  Haven’t bought it yet??  Tsk ….

And while we’re at it, here’s another great review for THE EVERLASTING as well ….

FALLEN hits the shelves today in the UK as a mass market paperback.  You can buy from your local bookshop, online from Amazon, or direct from the publisher.

FALLEN was chosen by Publishers Weekly as one of the top four fantasy, science fiction & horror novels published last year in the USA.  It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and SFX Magazine said:

‘If Lebbon continues writing Noreela stories to this high standard, the series could be as exciting as George RR Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire novels – definitely a series to watch – 4 stars’

If you need any more reason to buy it … how about my eternal gratitude and love?

It’s a really important book for me, and I’m keen to see it do well.  So spread the word.  If you’ve read it, please review it – or just mention it – on your blog, or Amazon, or message boards.  And if you know anyone you think might like it, please mention it to them.

Mucho thanks.

My Noreela Website has been updated with info on forthcoming novel THE ISLAND, including places where you can order the US trade paperback and the UK hardback.   There’s also a lovely big extract from the novel, and updates to the FALLEN page for the UK mass market paperback …

On the site you’ll also find loads of info about my world of Noreela (huh, my world, hear that?  Who do I think I am?), extracts and reviews of previous Noreela books DUSK, DAWN, FALLEN and AFTER THE WAR, and a sexy gallery with artwork submitted by many talented artists.

The Guardian Online has written a nice piece about the David Gemmell Legend Award.  You can view it here.   My novel FALLEN is on the longlist, along with 68 other novels, and voting is open until 31st March.  After that a shortlist will be released and voted upon.

Check out the David Gemmell Legend Award website, there’s loads of stuff on there about the award, David’s work and other stuff.

Two years ago today was my first day working as a full-time writer.  Leaving work to write for a living was a big decision, but definitely one of the best I’ve ever made, and through the downs as well as the ups I haven’t regretted it for a moment.  It seems a lot longer than two years ago that I last left Monmouthshire County Council’s dodgy old building (it’s effectively falling down), and looking at the amount I’ve written since then, perhaps there has been a time-warp thingy going on somewhere.  Here’s a rough list:

• 30 Days of Night
• Fallen
• Mind the Gap (with Christopher Golden)
• The Map of Moments (with Christopher Golden) – forthcoming
• The Secret Journeys of Jack London: Book One (with Christopher Golden) – forthcoming
• Hellboy: The Fire Wolves - forthcoming
• The Island - forthcoming
• The Toxic City: London Eye
• A Whisper of Southern Lights
• The Reach of Children

As well as those novels and novellas I’ve done several short stories, two screenplays (The Everlasting and The Dregs), and plenty of other stuff.  It does make me wonder how the hell I wrote so much when I was working, but the fact that I’m still working just as hard after two years is great.  I’ve still got plenty of work on … and a big THANKS is due to you discerning readers who continue to buy my books!

And on it goes …!  I wrote a novelette this weekend for a US market (sending it to the editor for consideration today), brainstormed a new screenplay with a good friend of mine, and this week it’s back to the Yukon to finish off book one of the Jack London series.

Many more announcements coming soon, including a new short story option.  So please do keep popping by, and in another year I hope the above list will be much, much longer.

In the latest edition of the excellent Interzone magazine there’s a small interview with me, and fine reviews of Fallen, The Everlasting and The Reach of Children.  Interzone comes from TTA Press, the same folks who publish Black Static and Crimewave, and it’s essential viewing for any science fiction or fantasy fan.

Talking of The Reach of Children, I’ll soon be announcing how you can buy this book direct from me at much a reduced cost.  Watch this spot today or tomorrow for details.

For the first time next year, the David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy will be presented for the best fantasy novel of 2008.

Gemmell really was a legend, and his books and characters still command huge respect and admiration among readers.  I read Legend a long time ago, and I still have vivid memories of the book – its twists and turns, incredible character, and wonderful landscapes.

Fitting, then, that this new award honours him and his work.

There’s a list of nominess here. A long list, reflecting the many fine fantasy books published in 2008, and I’m proud and thrilled to see that FALLEN is there, among many other great books.

Voting opens December 26th.  So what else are you going to be doing on Boxing Day, otrher than feeling fat and bloated and watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

I thought I’d post an update on forthcoming book releases.  Where these are available for pre-order, I’ve posted an Amazon link, but ordering from your local bookstore is always good.

So here we go:

Bar None - sometimes soon, from Night Shade Books - my first original horror novel in over 18 months

The Map of Moments – January 2009 – with Christopher Golden, the second Novel of the Hidden Cities, from Bantam Spectra

Hellboy: The Fire Wolves – Dark Horse April 2009 – my second Hellboy novel, this time for the excellent Dark Horse

The Island - April 2009 – fourth novel in the award-winning Noreela series, from Bantam Spectra

You’ll also see Mind the Gap and Fallen released in mass market paperback format early next year, both by Bantam Spectra.

And as well as this, a limited edition of Mind the Gap from Cemetery Dance, and another book from them at some point. And there are other projects I can’t announce just yet, and a couple of announcement that are pending.

I’m also working on a crime novel. Oh yes.

More exciting announcements soon!