Silja Swaby, half Jamaican, half Finnish, is a marine biologist and author. Funded by Arts Council England, she has won competitions, and been placed in prizes and awards. She is working on a series of futuristic thrillers, featuring a female biologist whose quiet academic life takes a drastic turn. Silja has taken creative writing courses at Cambridge University and more recently Yale University, USA.

Silja tutors writers, gives workshops, and provides a critique service. She is happily unmarried and lives in deepest Somerset, UK.


Silja Swaby is pronounced Sil-yah Sway-bee.

December 18, 2008

Heroes

Every story has two principal heroes: The protagonist and the author. In the tasks ahead, both accept one of two possible outcomes - success or failure. Different, but inextricably linked journeys, that test all their qualities and no guaranteed outcome until the last word is written.

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