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 10, 2009

OED spelling

To check a spelling, bring up your search engine and type in OED followed by the word you’re unsure about. My last query was ‘up to date’ and whether it was hyphenated. The Oxford English Dictionary has always been my dictionary of choice, but there are others. As for the answer – yes it is!

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