T E Shepherd is an author/illustrator. He writes magic realism set in our, or closely-related, worlds. His debut novel, The End Of All Worlds, was released in 2012. His second novel, and the first in the Imaginary Friends trilogy, Mr Tumnal, was published in 2014. The second in the series, The Imaginary Wife, was published in 2018, and he's currently working on the final instalment, Forgotten Friends. He is also a landscape artist, and is currently working on a project with Erica Smith aka. the Bookshop Blogger to illustrate his way round the country to produce The Booklover's Guide to Bookshops. You can find out about upcoming releases by following on Twitter, liking on Facebook, or by joining the mailing list.
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Read moreThe Boy In Winter’s Grasp by John D. Scotcher Basing fantasy adventure stories around the Arthurian legends is nothing new, and nor is setting them in wartime. What is different, is mixing them both together, into a Big book with…
Continue readingThe Boy In Winter’s Grasp by John D. Scotcher Basing fantasy adventure stories around the Arthurian legends is nothing new, and nor is setting them in wartime. What is different, is mixing them both together, into a Big book with…
Continue readingTue, 13:54: There once was a chicken called Wiggy http://t.co/6f84dfR1pI #WiggyRIP #poetry #poems #chickennews Tue, 16:07: Question: why do I have the Adams Family theme going round in my head? #annoying Tue, 18:34: Good advice, @jbookguy! ““Do not make friends…
Continue readingWiggy You were not our first hen, but you were our oldest lady. One of the girls. Your eggs they were not the biggest Indeed, they were the smallest of the small. Perfect blue, with the creamiest yolkiest yellowist tastiest…
Continue readingWiggy You were not our first hen, but you were our oldest lady. One of the girls. Your eggs they were not the biggest Indeed, they were the smallest of the small. Perfect blue, with the creamiest yolkiest yellowist tastiest…
Continue readingMon, 20:34: The Agony and the Ecstasy: a roundup of #reviews for #MrTumnal http://t.co/GUPKwVeZ9b Have you read yours yet? #kindle #fantasy Mon, 21:02: One word. #Winterwatch 🙂 Mon, 21:14: The other side of the story http://t.co/4BRHMmtazI #MrTumnal #ShortStories #amwriting Tue,…
Continue readingEver since I finished writing Mr Tumnal I’ve found myself missing my small cast of characters. I’m in the middle of a short story involving the character of my Sarah set in the cold, dark, winter. Today, on the final…
Continue readingEver since I finished writing Mr Tumnal I’ve found myself missing my small cast of characters. I’m in the middle of a short story involving the character of my Sarah set in the cold, dark, winter. Today, on the final…
Continue readingMr Tumnal has now been out in the real world for a month and and a half, and its already out sold my debut novel by this point in the publishing cycle, and its starting to gather up a number…
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Continue readingFri, 12:12: “a great read that hooked me and I couldn’t put it down” New 5* #review for #MrTumnal 🙂 http://t.co/LVt6RurTW6 What’s your #WeekendReads? Fri, 16:12: So nice to be leaving work in the daylight. Happy weekend peeps! http://t.co/9ANNUV54kW Fri,…
Continue readingMr Tumnal has now been out in the real world for a month and and a half, and its already out sold my debut novel by this point in the publishing cycle, and its starting to gather up a number…
Continue readingThu, 16:25: @stagecoach_ox Your 1559 S5 to Bicester via JR has a SERIOUS water leak on the passenger door side, front seat, top deck. Please fix asap. Thu, 17:37: 🙂 http://t.co/nXjqZjuXWq http://t.co/HcxVNL35Sj Thu, 22:49: Got told tonight that my book…
Continue readingWed, 22:03: It feels good to be writing Louis’ story again. Even if it’s not exactly Louis’, and it’s only a short one… #shortstory #MrTumnal
Continue readingMon, 20:46: Pheww… Most. Stressful. University. Challenge. Ever. Well done @oxford_brookes for beating @uclnews! #universitychallenge #imoxfordbrookes
Continue readingSun, 19:07: 16% is a make or break point in books #amreading. Can you guess where I am in @jbookguy‘s outstanding The Boy In Winter’s Grasp #indieauthor Sun, 21:15: The downside of #amreading lots is that I am aching to…
Continue readingSat, 12:59: Kind of wish @amazon @CreateSpace wouldn’t keep on moving the goalposts every time I want to upload a cover file…
Continue readingFri, 07:39: @106jackfm #traffic a34 northbound blocked at Peartree due to accident with car and lorry. Fri, 18:39: In the run up to #Election2015 anyone else noticed that @Ed_Miliband has always been on defensive from old skool bulling from @David_Cameron…
Continue readingA Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge This is a big, epic book involving an complex, involving thriller and whodunnit. I came to this book after reading Frances Hardinge’s brilliant, if terrifying, Cuckoo Song, and I was cautious that this…
Continue readingA year ago, on the 8 January 2014, a friend at work, Eleanor pointed me in the direction of the #100HappyDays challenge. It seemed intriguing and I set myself on to it. 100 days later I completed the challenge but…
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