Press
New King, Old Country
“Historical novelist Jack Jewers celebrates the coronation of King Charles III with a look back at his predecessor, Charles II.”
IPG Award Winners
“Moonflower Books and Phoenix Publishing House, were the joint winners of the Nick Robinson Newcomer Award.”
The Story of Moonflower Books
“Christi and Jack join the podcast to share their story. They talk about Moonflower's rapid success and the factors behind it.”
BBC Centenary, The Art of Radio, Joy Whitby, Climate Fiction
How should writers respond to the climate crisis?
Best Thrillers of 2022
“Equally good at derring-do and dialogue… Mosse displays admirable audacity. One of the best thrillers of 2022.”
5 new books to read this week
“A clever, fast-paced thriller with incredible world building… an impressive debut with a cinematic narrative style waiting to be adapted for the screen.”
The Coming Darkness by Greg Mosse
“Fast and absorbing, action-packed and loaded with atmosphere... This is ambitious and inventive storytelling, an impressive debut.”
Red Hot Chilli Writers Podcast
Episode 87
“We chat to debut thriller writer Greg Mosse, discussing historical fiction, climate grief, eco-terrorism… and Granny Rosie.”
5 new books to read this week
“Frankie is joined for an enlightening conversation with ‘the very exciting and interesting’ Greg Mosse, author of The Coming Darkness.”
The hardest working power couple in literature
“It was because of the pandemic that Greg Mosse was finally able to write his first novel. The book is absorbing and intricately plotted, and Greg is already halfway through its successor.”
The Big Issue
Off the shelf: stratospheric influences with Greg Mosse
“When I began writing in lockdown in 2020, I thought of Kate Mosse, George Orwell, [and] Lee Child. That’s some stratospheric references to live up to – but each one an inspiration.”
Greg and Kate Mosse on their home in Carcassone
“Authors Kate and Greg Mosse have had a home from home in Carcassonne for 30 years - here they reveal how this delightful medieval citadel has inspired their novels.”
Greg Mosse celebrates debut novel
“Greg and his editor and publisher Christi Daugherty attended the lunch at the Swan at The Globe in October 2022.”
My first boss
“The Coming Darkness is strongly influenced by my time spent living in Paris and when I became an interpreter working with the UN and NGOs.”
How I wrote The Coming Darkness
“I wrote each morning from six-thirty to about ten – and continued into the new year – with my laptop on a tray on my lap.”
The brave new world of green fiction
“If the book carries a message, it is that doing something, even if it is not 100% good, is always better than nothing.”
Greg Mosse offers future thriller
“The things that we all worry about now are the things that we will be even more worried about in 15 years’ time.”
Behind the book
“In The Coming Darkness, environmental degradation and pandemics have become facts of life. Writing it, I asked myself: ‘What next?’”
From the stage to the page
“We met Greg at the recent Fatal Shore event in Shoreham near Brighton and immediately established a great rapport.”
Ken Follett and Greg Mosse
“Bestselling author Ken Follett goes head to head in a war of the words, with playwright and debut author Greg Mosse.”
Mosse on a Monday
“Here are four more amazing books to read, share and cherish including The Coming Darkness by Greg Mosse.”
A round-up of the best debut fiction
“Jewers excels in both his assiduous research and the characterisation of his hero. This is a splendid adventure, with the prospect of more to come.”
Greg Mosse on 2037 Paris
“Paris gives shape and structure to THE COMING DARKNESS… on an imaginary map that I have overlaid on the city of then and the city of now.”
Youth on the Run
“A classic thriller melded with a heartfelt coming of age story… one of the most nail-biting depictions of adolescence I’ve ever read.”
How my passion for history helped me to write my latest book
“Like any history nerd, I love reading about the purely factual side of our past, but knowledge and understanding are two different things. The first requires study. The second, you can’t do without imagination.”
Lori Ann Stephens interviewed on BBC Radio Sussex
The recent overturning of Roe vs Wade brings the imagined alternate universe of Blue Running closer to reality. Lori talks to Sarah Gorrell on BBC Radio Sussex about the Supreme Court’s decision.
Moonflower lands debut historical thriller and YA novel
“Independent publisher Moonflower Books has acquired YA novel Milkshakes for the Almost Dead by Louise Kean-Wood, and debut historical thriller novel The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys by Jack Jewers.”
Moonflower bags Greg Mosse's 'scarily plausible' debut novel
“Described as ’Bladerunner’ meets John le Carré, The Coming Darkness will publish in hardback, e-book, and audiobook in the UK in November 2022. It will be Moonflower’s lead commercial title for 2022.”
Moonflower picks up 'timely and topical' novel from American author
“Moonflower Publishing Blue Running by American author Lori Ann Stephens, a "timely and topical" novel that addresses issues of feminism, nationalism, racial injustice, immigration and gun ownership.”
CJ Daugherty talks about her world of literary escapism
“In this intimate, moving and revealing interview, Christi talks about her childhood, and how books became her escape, and how discovering reading helped her find a “magic carpet ride” away from her abusive father.”