Behind the Book
Quotes
“A Cold Season is Yorkshire author Alison Littlewood’s first novel, and one of the first books to bear the name of the new imprint publishing it; that is to say Jo Fletcher Books, fresh out of Quercus. It’s a dark fantasy with dark designs on our hearts, and I dare say it sets a high watermark for both Alison Littlewood and the genre fiction division her impressive debut heralds. Cass and Ben are very well realised characters – as are the parents and teachers and pupils whose paths cross theirs – and the harrowing trials they are put through serve to bring us closer to them, even as mother and son are driven further and further apart.”
Niall Alexander, The Speculative Scotsman.
“A thick layer of snow hides the sins of a creepy rural village in Alison Littlewood’s chilly debut novel, a confident, claustrophobic tale of a mother and son cut off from the world by the weather, drawn into an icy community with secrets to tell.”
SFX magazine.
“An utterly gripping, subtle and compelling occult horror story. This one’s just crying out to be made into a modern Hammer film. One of the best novels I’ve read all year. I loved it.”
Gary McMahon, author of The Concrete Grove and Pretty Little Dead Things.
“With some wonderfully observed moments – especially between Cass and Ben – and some solid character building – Bert and his old dog Captain – this drags you in and then pulls the rug out from under your feet. From a shocking moment in the snow, up to the gruelling (and startling) climax, this is an excellent book, by a writer assured of her craft and ability and I, for one, can’t wait to see what she comes up with next. Very highly recommended.”
Mark West, author of The Mill.
“Littlewood’s fiction is set in a world where the possible and the improbable rub shoulders, and strange stuff creeps through the gaps in out of the way places. She writes with a keen eye for the telling detail and the ability to conjure up subtle shades of emotion, her stories illuminated by compassion for our failures and undercut with anger at inhumanity. She is the real deal, a writer with a unique vision and the talent to make us see the world anew through her eyes.”
Peter Tennant, Reviews Editor, TTA Press.
Reviews
Author Interviews
Featured author with an in-depth interview and book review in Black Static #27.
Interviewed at This Is Horror, along with a quick ‘getting to know you‘.
Interviewed at Ginger Nuts of Horror.
Featured author at Shadow Writer (where you can read chapter one).
Interviewed in SFX magazine issue 218.
Interviewed in the Yorkshire Post, 12/1/12 – a snippet is here.
A Cold Season is a ‘publisher’s pick’ for 2012
www.jofletcherbooks.com/2011/11/publishers-choices-for-2012/
Special edition
A special signed jacketed hardcover of A Cold Season, with artwork by David Gentry, will be available from March 2012 from PS Publishing.
About Jo Fletcher Books
A Cold Season is published by Jo Fletcher Books, a new fantasy, SF and horror imprint of Quercus. Jo Fletcher formerly worked as a publisher at Gollancz, and her illustrious career has seen her work with authors including Sir Terry Pratchett, the late Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Charlaine Harris, Joe Hill, Neil Gaiman and Ursula K. Le Guin. She is also a noted editor, writer, poet and journalist, and has been published widely throughout the world.
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