Stacey Willis is a writer and freelance graphic designer; born in Zimbabwe and raised primarily in South Africa. She now lives in the UK. She has been writing since 2015, beginning online and now specialising in all levels of fantasy and gritty fiction.

 

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HOW IT BEGAN

 

From a very young age all Stacey could do was create stories. At eight, she was convinced that her haphazard English project of twenty pages constructed from notebook paper was the perfect self-published work. Time was yet to teach them different. In 2015, the world of online reading and writing was blooming. After receiving a recommendation from a friend, Stacey delved into Wattpad —a popular writing and reading site. She established herself as a fan fiction writer initially —creating alternate realities to satisfy their dissatisfaction with the source material. With a budding fanbase, it was decided that it was time to venture into writing original stories.

 

Ideas seemed to flow one after another, quickly forcing her to prioritise their most developed plots. The Gods of the Court Beneath is her debut series, with the earliest rough draft for book 1 dating back to 2013. With some rewriting and fine tuning, Daughter of Fire was ready to hit the market in June 2020; and the wider reach of hardcover in 2021. Aside from the debut series, their next project, an Adult Speculative Fantasy, faded in and out of development for a few years. Though finally in the second half of 2020, she completed the first book of four in the span of two and a half months. It then won a spot on the Wattpad official awards ( the Wattys ) 2022 shortlist.

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When their stories became officially featured on Wattpad, it dawned on her that perhaps their books had some physical market value. Writing has always been a joy, but now she also has the opportunity to share stories with an even wider audience.

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WHERE IT's GOING

 

As she enters the world of self publishing, Stacey hopes to maintain their freelance graphic design business as well.

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Daughter of Fire, Son of Death, Flake of Snow and Mark of Kóri are currently being relaunched and are out of print, although some editions may be available from resellers. The new editions of Book 1 are now available. They will all return to major retailers in the UK, USA, Australia and Canada —including Book Depository, Booktopia, Foyles, Barnes & Noble and Waterstones. An announcement regarding a design and editing related rerelease plan has been posted. The audiobook for Daughter of Fire is coming soon.

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The stand-alone award-winning novella, Ear to the Serpent is out now. The other New Adult saga, the Key Harvester, has announced a rerelease, and the first edition of There's a Dagger in Your Back is now out of print.

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The coming Adult Dark Fantasy trilogy, A Court of Dreams, begins with Song of Mist and Storm early this March.

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The latest novel for Young Adults, Ashes to Ashes, is now available in hardcover and paperback —with the audiobook coming soon.