Meet the Team!

Read our interview with Wren

Wren James (founder)

Wren James is the award-winning British author of twelve science fiction and fantasy novels, including The Quiet at the End of the World and The Next Together (previously published as Lauren James). The Loneliest Girl in the Universe was optioned for film by Amazon MGM.

Wren is a story consultant on Netflix’s Heartstopper, which was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Writing. Also a RLF Royal Fellow, Wren is the founder of the Climate Fiction Writers League and member of the Society of Authors’ Sustainability steering Committee. They work as a consultant on climate storytelling with a focus on providing optimism and hope.

They have won the Sustainable Story Award and been shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, Carnegie Medal and STEAM Book Award. Their books have sold over 200,000 copies in ten languages.

Wren’s writing has been described as ‘gripping romantic sci-fi’ by the Wall Street Journal and ‘a strange, witty, compulsively unpredictable read which blows most of its new YA-suspense brethren out of the water’ by Entertainment Weekly.

Their latest titles are Last Seen Online, a crime thriller set in the world of fandom, and The Victors, a cosy fantasy graphic novel illustrated by Beth Fuller.

Wren was born in 1992, and has a Masters degree from the University of Nottingham, where they studied Chemistry and Physics. They run a Queer Writers group in Coventry. Follow them on Instagram & TikTok at @wrenjameswriter or find out more at wrenjames.co.uk.

Jamie Wardour

Jamie Wardour is an artist, merchandise designer and graduate of English Literature from rural North Yorkshire. Since graduating in 2016, he has worked in arts, writing and with nonprofits across the UK; he is passionate about community organising and LGBT+ rights.

Jamie loves walking in his local woodlands, fields and nature reserves and has recently worked as a livestock checker caring for Hebridean sheep with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. He’s also a fan of bird-watching, foraging and bone-collecting.