Author Archives: thornemoore

IMPACT & INFLUENCE: Flower Fairies.

I was fascinated by wild flowers at an early age, possibly because our garden was a wee bit wild. My father in his vegetable patch waged war on the weeds that challenged his sprouting broccoli and Jerusalem artichokes, but my mother’s half-hearted attempts to liven the flower boards with the odd packet of Virginia stocksContinue reading “IMPACT & INFLUENCE: Flower Fairies.”

IMPACT & INFLUENCE: Henry V

Here’s another post about my literary influences. It would seem rather pretentious to claim Shakespeare as an influence on my infant self. His language was not exactly easing reading for a child in the 1960s – probably even less now, unless it could be conveyed entirely by emojis. And it isn’t just the language thatContinue reading “IMPACT & INFLUENCE: Henry V”

By The Book. The End

BY THE BOOK, the third instalment of my  Science Fiction trilogy, SALVAGE, is out today. Yippee. When I say Science Fiction, I mean it’s set in the future, in about 250 years, and it’s set in Space, mostly, but other than that it is like all my books, sci-fi, crime or historical, about people findingContinue reading “By The Book. The End”

By The Book, Kings and Angels

In a previous post, I offered thoughts about various artistic representations of Judith and Holofernes (or at least his head), because it related to my last book, BETHULIA. If you want to know how, read the book. Having set the precedent, I am taking the opportunity to waffle about another work of art: The WiltonContinue reading “By The Book, Kings and Angels”

New Book, Old Series: BY THE BOOK

So, I write crime fiction, and I write historical fiction and sometimes I revert to my first love, Science Fiction, which returned to the surface of my consciousness thanks to Covid 19 and the Lockdown. Fed up with everything grinding a halt, with no obvious light on the horizon, I dug out a trilogy, SALVAGE,Continue reading “New Book, Old Series: BY THE BOOK”

IMPACT & INFLUENCE: Swallows and Amazons

Let’s talk about another book that was an early inspiration to me. Swallows and Amazons, by Arthur Ransome. Or rather, a series of books, because I was an ardent reader of the whole lot, although I generally preferred the Lake District ones. The series begins in 1929, with four children, the Walkers, John, Susan, TittyContinue reading “IMPACT & INFLUENCE: Swallows and Amazons”