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.

February 08, 2013

Blue Mountain

Sipping my Blue Mountain coffee while unpacking my thoughts of the third Annika Bale novel. When not dealing with family matters I was busy absorbing the sights and sounds of Jamaica. My  notebook is jammed with ideas. I have a cast ready and an outline begging to be written. Horribly jet-lagged, but that will clear.

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