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Atmosphere Press is proud to bring readers the Atmosphere Press Presents author interview series. We’re happy to have this archive of excellent interviews and author success stories for you to enjoy. Learn about writers and their books, from book title origin stories to music playlists that relate to their writing to what it was like seeing the cover for the first time.
 
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thompson

My documentary Carisbrooke Castle was broadcast on SKY TV. Three of my other fourteen travel films were shown on Australian television. I have written three children's stories, three staged plays, scenic travel features, theatre reviews, award-winning poetry, personality profiles and three novels—and I teach. I gave workshops alongside Sir Andrew Motion at the Tennyson Bicentenary and have taught for Screen South, Connexions, Isle of Wight College, independently, and with young people with learning difficulties.

richter

Atmosphere Press was an ideal fit for me. I have gone the traditional publishing route and found that process unnecessarily complex. Atmosphere Press provides everything I need to publish quality stories in a way that allows me to focus on my writing.

davitt

Deborah L. Davitt was raised in Nevada, but currently lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and son. She’s worked as a technical writer on contracts involving nuclear submarines, NASA, and computer manufacturing. Her prize-winning poetry has received Rhysling, Elgin, Dwarf Star, and Pushcart nominations and has appeared in over seventy journals, including F&SF and Asimov’s. Her award-winning short fiction has appeared in Analog and Lightspeed. She’s published six novels and a TTRPG.

adebiyi

D Adebiyi is a Nigerian-British poet and storyteller whose work blends lyrical precision with emotional depth, exploring themes of faith, identity, memory, and transformation. Her voice is both intimate and expansive—rooted in personal truth yet resonant with universal meaning. Guided by a deep reverence for language, Adebiyi crafts poetry that is sensory, textured, and musical in rhythm. Her writing often lives in the tension between opposites—beauty and pain, longing and resilience, the sacred and the everyday.

stock

Cynthia Stock retired from Critical Care Nursing after over forty years at the bedside. Her career covered the early years of the AIDs epidemic, saw major advances in critical care technology, and facilitated the progress in care for cardiac patients who ultimately survived with transplants or device implantation. Throughout her career, Cynthia pursued creative writing through various institutions and mentors. The Final Harvest of Judah Woodbine, a story about the polio epidemic in America, explores the consequences of PTSD on a survivor who accidentally kills his wife. Her short works have appeared in Intima, Susurrus, UDS Kaleidoscope, Memoryhouse, Lunch Ticket, Shark Reef, and others.

anthony

Clennell is a seasoned author with a passion for crafting enchanting romantic tales across various subgenres. Her journey in the writing world has been a rich tapestry, weaving through the pages of literary magazines and culminating in her self-published romantasy novella, The Circle, the inaugural installment of the captivating Draiocht Series available on Amazon.

renna

I started writing when I was seven or eight years old. I'd always enjoyed reading, and I always had my own story ideas tumbling around my head. For years, I wrote short stories but put writing aside to focus on music as a young adult. Later, I rediscovered my love of reading and writing, steering me onto my path as an author.

hawkins

Christopher Hawkins is the Booklife Prize and IndieReader Discovery Award-winning author of Downpour and the short story collection Suburban Monsters. His work has appeared in numerous anthologies and podcasts, including Cosmic Horror Monthly, Shortwave Magazine, and Tales to Terrify. He is currently the co-chair of the Chicagoland chapter of the Horror Writers Association. He lives in the western suburbs of Chicago with his wife and two sons. His new novel, I Contain Multitudes, was released in April 2025.

turner neal

While the book will reflect my understanding of good and evil and my general fatalism, it's meant as a fun, escpaist read for people who find fart jokes and the end of the world cathartic. Save it for a treat after you finish something edifying, like Evan O'Connell's Mrs. Bridge or Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge.

cavendish

What fascinates Chris most are the machinations of modern-day human frailty, and his debut adult novel is underpinned by significant research into the condition of covert narcissism. Although the book is pure fiction, a key motivator for writing it was the prospect of helping anyone in a current or past traumatic relationship where psychological abuse and control are, or were, all too real. In those situations, “why” is perhaps the one question that remains unexplained.