THE WRITERS FORUM Book of the Year 2023. First place is awarded to –

STEPHEN OLIVER for his dual entry of Science Fiction and Urban Fantasy novels.

‘SHUTTLERS'

&

‘PARANORMAL CITY'

‘Jigsaw pieces of Douglas Adams, shavings of Vonnegut, shards of Philip K. Dick… stud these two novels like diamonds. Crammed full of a highly fertile imagination that spills from page to page in a glorious haemorrhaging of ideas, Stephen takes us on fantastic journeys. But you can relax and strap yourself in… because you're in the hands of a fantastic storyteller.'

"As a panel, we couldn't separate either of your novels for first place and so nominated the award to both works." — Andy Oakes, Head Judge, in a private email.

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Hi, I’m Stephen Oliver, a writer and author.

I differentiate between the two because, as the late, great Harlan Ellison once said. "An author is someone who gets their name on the cover of a book. A writer is some poor schmuck who can't help writing because the Muse has got her hooks into them." Like him, I'm both. I've already had a couple of books published, with more on the way, but the Muse stands over me with a whip and insists I keep writing.

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