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.

June 06, 2013

Ebooks, Apple and the US courts

Apple went on trial in New York. Why? Their accusers, the US Department of Justice, say they've been conspiring with publishers to raise the price of ebooks. Other publishers have held their hands up and admitted guilt, but Apple are holding out. Let's see how this turns out.

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