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.

April 08, 2011

Those personal details

If your point of view character is the opposite sex, find someone who can be honest with you about the little details of being that sex. Another writer is ideal as they will understand why you are asking if they refer to a bottom as a bum or behind or...you get the picture.

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