I never set out with the goal of writing a standalone or a series when I find a story I want to tell, the story dictates the form. We did debate whether to make it two or three, but I feel it more naturally sits in three. Likewise, the things I wanted to tackle in Dark Blue Rising were too big to fit in one novel.

The exception to that was Slated, which started as a single novel and it quickly became apparent that the story needed more room. Q: How do you know which idea you want to continue into a novel / series?Ī: I usually know right from the beginning. Q: How did the ideas for Dark Blue Rising start to emerge?Ī: It came when three obsessions collided: the climate emergency the sea and weird science (I don't want to say what kind of weird science just now - plot spoilers!) Then something happens at the start of the story that leads to her being taken to hospital, setting into motion a chain of events that lead to her discovering everything she thought she knew about herself and her life was a lie. She and her mum have always lived off the grid, moving around, never staying anywhere long enough to make friends. Q: Can you tell us a little about your latest novel, Dark Blue Rising?Ī: Dark Blue Rising is Tabby's story. We asked TERI TERRY to introduce us to DARK BLUE RISING, and to tell us about the ideas that drive her stories: Why has her mother always kept her away from other children, and why is she so suspicious of the authorities? And why does Amber have such a strong calling to the sea? Author linkĭARK BLUE RISING, the latest new trilogy from bestselling author TERI TERRY, follows Amber as she begins to uncover things about her past that will have a huge impact on her future. She fell in love with children's books when she was working for the audiobook charity, Calibre.

She has also been a property lawyer in Canada, ran her own business as an optician in Australia and a teaching assistant and science technician in secondary schools in England.

Teri recently left her job with Buckinghamshire Libraries to write full-time and complete her Research MA on The Depiction of Terrorism in YA Literature. It has given her an obsession with characters like Kyla in Slated.

Moving constantly as a child, teenager and adult has kept Teri on the outside looking in much of her life. Born in France to Canadian parents of Dutch and Finnish ancestry, Teri Terry has lived in France, Canada, Australia and England at more addresses than she can count, acquiring three degrees, a selection of passports and a silly name along the way.

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