Previous SFF Author: Andrea Hairston
(1952- )
Ann Halam is a pseudonym used by English writer Gwyneth Jones. She has won two World Fantasy awards, the Arthur C. Clarke award, the British Science Fiction Association short story award, the Dracula Society’s Children of the Night award, the P.K. Dick award, and the Tiptree award. She lives in Brighton, UK. Learn more at her website.
Dr. Franklin’s Island by Ann Halam
Dr. Franklin’s Island, by Ann Halam (who also writes as Gwyneth Jones), is a YA updating of The Island of Dr. Moreau. In this version, three teenagers survive a plane crash and wash up on a tropical island.
It is not a spoiler to say that the two girls in the story, Miranda and Semirah, or “Semi” as she calls herself, become victims of genetic manipulation. That’s on the back cover of the book.
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Previous SFF Author: Andrea Hairston
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