Julian Edge

As an author, I am intrigued by the way characters emerge to take control of what was just an idea and turn it into a story. I want readers to care about those individuals and/but also about an underlying issue that they embody. Those elements cut across all genres and take me with them.

“Satisfaction In Times of Anger” is a Crime story that asks how, when people hurt you, you can avoid simply being reduced to a victim. “Blindsided” is a Thriller that pursues the lengths a character will go to, or not, in order to be the hero of their own story. “Loving Country” is a Romance that reflects on how different individuals see the fuzzy borderline between caring for someone and controlling them. “The Promised Planet” is a Science Fiction novel that takes a 21st Century perspective on possible developments when those who have previously been persecuted assume power over others. Most important, of course, is to have a cracking tale that makes readers engage with the characters in it. Even if their attitudes to those people change as the story develops.

Previously, I worked internationally in English language teacher education and as a counsellor/therapist in the UK. I see "Continuing Cooperative Development" (2002) and "The Reflexive Teacher Educator" (2011) as my main contributions to those fields. These days, however, it's the truths of fiction that motivate me to keep writing. What happens just beyond what we know? I mean, out there where you can imagine yourself being …