Gemma Amor is a Bram Stoker Award-nominated horror fiction author, podcaster illustrator, and voice actor based in the UK. Her books include Cruel Works of Nature, the award-nominated Dear Laura, White Pines, and Till the Score is Paid. She's also the co-creator, writer and voice actor for horror-comedy podcast Calling Darkness, starring Kate Siegel.
Gemma's stories feature on the NoSleep podcast, Shadows at the Door, Creepy and the Grey Rooms podcast. You can find her in a number of horror anthologies, too.
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Find out more about Gemma:
https://gemmaamorauthor.com/
https://twitter.com/manylittlewords
https://www.instagram.com/manylittlewords/
Links from the show:
Stephen King’s “Cujo” https://books2read.com/u/boEy60
Gemma’s Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whitepines/white-pines-a-novel-and-audiobook-from-author-gemm
White Pines on Amazon: https://books2read.com/u/mqrXVO
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