Jaine Fenn is a British

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. Fenn is the author of the Hidden Empire and Shadowlands series of novels. She studied

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at the

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, where she became the president of PSiFA (the local student Science Fiction society) from 1985-1986. She also helped organised Shoestringcons and edited their newsletter/fanzine, Hypo-Space, for a period.

Career

Fenn has had numerous short stories published in various magazines and anthologies, and has won the

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for Shorter Fiction. Her debut novel, ''Principles of Angels'' was published in June 2008 (United Kingdom) and is the first of the ''Hidden Empire'' series. Her second novel, ''Consorts of Heaven'', published in June 2009, mixed elements of fantasy with science fiction and was not a direct sequel. The third book, ''Guardians of Paradise'' (2010) brings together threads from the first two and the fourth and fifth, ''Bringer of Light'' (2011) and ''Queen of Nowhere'' (2013) take the story in a new direction. In 2012, Fenn published the short story collection ''Downside Girls''. It features interlinked stories set in the universe of her ''Hidden Empire'' series. Her science fantasy duology, ''Shadowlands'', set on a divided world, starts with ''Hidden Sun'' (2018) and concludes with ''Broken Shadow'' (2019). She has also written for video-games in the Halo and Total War franchises. Jaine Fenn has been guest of honour at * Picocon 34 in February 2017 * Satellite 5 in May 2016 * BristolCon in September 2015 * Andromeda One in September 2013 * Novacon 42 in November 2012 * Picocon 27 in February 2009

Works

*''Downside Girls'' (short fiction collection, 2012) *''The Martian Job'' (novella, 2017) ;''Hidden Empire'' series #''Principles of Angels'' (2008) #''Consorts of Heaven'' (2009) #''Guardians of Paradise'' (2010) #''Bringer of Light'' (2011) #''Queen of Nowhere'' (2013) ;''Shadowlands'' series #''Hidden Sun'' (2018) #''Broken Shadow'' (2019)

References

External links

Jaine Fenn's Blog

Times review of Principles of Angels 1 August 2008
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Downside Girls Review

Story Behind Queen of Nowhere — Online Essay by Jaine Fenn
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fenn, Jaine Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British science fiction writers Alumni of the University of Hertfordshire Women science fiction and fantasy writers British women short story writers British women novelists 21st-century British novelists 21st-century British women writers 21st-century British short story writers