Sam Tovey

Get to know Sam...

Birthdate?

I was born 29 solar revolutions ago.

When did you start writing?

I've always enjoyed writing, but I've been doing it seriously for about 5 years.

When and what and where did you first get published?

My first publication was back in 2015; a crime noir kidnapping story for a short-lived pulp magazine. That was before I realised no one reads short crime fiction anymore! I mostly stick to sci-fi now.

What themes do you like to write about?

Generally, I like to take something serious such as heartbreak or broken promises and bury it in a story about mind-bending drugs or talking fridges. That's what I find so intriguing about science fiction: you can tell a complex story about identity and the search for meaning, but it's actually just robots fighting on the moon, or whatever.

What books and/or stories have most resonated with you as an author? Why? How do these stories and their characters find expression in your work?

I take influences from all over the place: I'm currently working on an environmental thriller that's part Waterworld, part Pirates of the Caribbean, and part Free Willy; a futuristic police procedural a la Altered Carbon; and a dystopian cyberpunk car chase story that's Mad Max: Fury Road meets Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash.

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