Tom Melly

Member Since:	11/18/2011
Preferred Genres:	Horror, Noir / Hard-Boiled, Espionage, Historical Thriller, Hard Science Fiction, Space Opera, Steampunk, Soft Science Fiction

Short Bio:

Tom Melly is a 49 year-old programmer living in London, UK. He is the son of George Melly, the jazz singer and writer. "All the Way Home" is his first book.

About Tom Melly's Reading & Writing

My reading habits are fairly wide-ranging, although children's writing occupies a fairly healthy chunk. I wanted to write a relatively 'hard' young adult SF book, since this often seems a genre that is rather under-represented at the moment.

Favorite Writers:

John Le Carre
David Almond
Tove Jansson
Philip Reeve
Neil Gaiman

Favorite Books:

The Graveyard Book
The Mortal Engines Quartet
The Diamond Age
Brideshead Revisited
Kit's Wilderness