Fiona McIntosh - Author

I am excited to finally release details of the new historical fiction novel that will be published end March….here’s the blurb to whet your appetite. Luc Bonet lost his family at birth and is brought up by wealthy French Jews in the foothills of the French Alps. When he is confronted with his true identity…

Today I hit the ‘send’ button on a new manuscript that whisked it off to my editor at Penguin. This is a sequel to the WWll novel that is hitting bookstores for April 1. Always a lovely feeling of relief to watch the little blue line load the email and hear that reassuring sound of…

This is a very easy recipe. I used 375g of redcurrant – or 3 small punnets. They’re expensive but this will make you two jars as you can see. The only other ingredient you need is 375g of sugar. I used caster and I warmed it in the oven for a short while. Have a…

My thanks to Rowena Cory Daniels for this generous interview. http://rowena-cory-daniells.com/2011/12/03/meet-fiona-mcintosh/

Well not quite. I’m on overseas hols. Can’t remember the last time we did this but we’re heading off for an enforced summer holiday where I will be obliged to climb into bathers, don a big sunhat and be still without even talking about books for a whole three weeks. I’ve promised my family no…

I promised to publish this because it is just so good. The recipe is by David Lebovitz, which I have slightly adapted. I have made it several times and can assure it is a winner. INGREDIENTS: 1.5 cups whole milk 3/4 cup sugar (I used golden) 1.5 cups whole coffee beans small pinch salt 1.5…

Pleased to tell you, as I stare at the stunningly beautiful roses that Adelaide gardens are giving us right now, that I have delivered the first draft of my new fantasy to Voyager worldwide and my editor in Australia sounds extremely happy with the story. Obviously lots of hard yards yet to travel with the…

My next saga is set in France with WWll as the backdrop. I’m delighted to say that this morning I sent off the last chunk of the copy edit to my editor at Penguin Books Australia, which means we are now moving into the final straight, galloping toward our publication date of April 1, 2012….

My French publisher has finished the Valisar series with this wonderfully evocative final volume cover art. This is the hard back version, although I’m sure it will appear on the trade and paperback too. Far too handsome not to! I have to admit I would be hard pressed to pick a favourite when comes to…

The sf community – and especially all of us at Voyager -  mourn Sara Douglass (Sara Warneke) who passed away in the early hours today.  She blazed the trail for Australian fantasy from the mid nineties and inspired many a new novelist – including myself – not just to write but to look further afield…