writing
"Books are magical: that is the simple truth. We humans can travel anywhere, to the past and the future, to other worlds entirely made up, all through books and reading."
– Cressida Cowell
I write novels and short stories for young people (and the young at heart.) Below is my creative CV of published fiction and non-fiction pieces. I have been the recipient of multiple writing awards and also run a blog/newsletter called Manifest.
NOVELS
Made of Steam and stardust
Winner of the 2021 ASA Award Mentorship Program.
When a comet hurtles toward her planet, sixteen-year-old inventor Gerdie is determined to stop it and use her success to improve the conditions of the factories she works in: she'll build a machine that will save the world.
But as she hunts for the parts to build her creation, she encounters Fell—a mysterious boy with an unsettling connection to the comet. He's being hunted by the ruthless Conqueror Seki, and soon Gerdie is, too.
On the run, the duo uncovers a chilling secret: blueprints for a deadly army of automatons. The army is nearly complete, but a final piece is still missing. If Gerdie doesn't find it before Conqueror Seki does, the comet will be the least of her worries.
COMING SOON FROM STAG BEETLE BOOKS
Short stories
TO LIGHT A MATCH, TO START A FIRE
A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME
DAD'S GIFT
SIREN
ISLAND LIVING
Selkie of the Mountain
The Beach
NON-fiction
Bianca Breen reports on what she learned about writing trauma at the Great Big Book Club’s literary fiction panel.
Fremantle press
Emerging writer and arts professional Bianca Breen reports from the annual Fremantle Press event programmer’s breakfast.
Fremantle press
Bianca Breen takes us into the Writer’s Room in her report from the Business of Being a Writer session at Perth Festival.