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Frances White

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Sunday Times bestselling Author of VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED 🐟 THE BONE DOOR (2026)💀 Fantasy Writer 🪶 History nerd 📚 Cosplayer 🪡 She/Her 🏳️‍🌈

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · 10h

🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇

I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · 5h

A lot of you have asked me about special editions, this is the plain fact of it—the more people preorder the book, the more likely special editions are. 🙏🏻

The Bone Door, like all my books, is for the outcasts and the underdogs. Let’s show the industry that our voices matter too! 🖤 🐇

Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you for all your love and support on the cover reveal for The Bone Door! I’m honestly blown away 😭

The book is included in Waterstones preorder sale available to all customers which lasts until Friday 17th October and you can get 25% off!

www.waterstones.com/book/the-bon...

The cover of the bone door—a silver rabbit on a black background. Accompanied by the words Pre-order now with code: OCTOBER25 14-17 October online only

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · 5h

Omg that’s a strange coincidence!

Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · 7h

Ahh thank you so much!

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · 9h

Ed as usual sums up one of my books better than I ever could 🤣

Ed Crocker @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social · 9h

TWISTS, BRUTALITY, HEART, FRIENDSHIP, SKULLS, REVOLUTION, DEATH, REDEMPTION, and there is an actual bone door

This book has the absolute wildest last third of reveals and is also in the category of ‘books that gave me an emotional enema’

I can’t wait to see people’s reaction to it

Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · 10h

🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇

I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · 10h

This cover captures the magical yet creepy vibes of the book. I love all the symbolism from the keys, the spiky border with its thistles and our poor broken rabbit at the centre of it all. 🖤 (And yes, it’s FOILED!)

ALSO The Bone Door is included in the Waterstones sale at 25% off!

Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · 10h

🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇

I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · Sep 10

Aww thank you!!

Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · Jul 30

Sorry only just saw this as I don’t use bluesky much! I recommend query tracker, you can filter by genre etc. Also checking the agents of authors you enjoy or are similar to your books!

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I. R. Fox @irfoxwriter.bsky.social · Jun 19

Recently read - Voyage of the Damned by Frances White

Adored this diverse magical murder mystery by a fellow @edinburghsff.com writer @franceswrites.bsky.social! The characters are so compelling and sensitively written, not to mention hilarious. Highly recommend!

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · Jun 21

Ahh thank you so much!

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · Jun 4

Thought I'd write some book reviews for #PrideMonth on these cute rainbow cards, only to find most of my reviews were already very queer and could just be copied over 😅
So that tells you something about my reading habits!

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A review card for Voyage of the Damned reads:
One of my favourite reads so far this year! Disaster-bisexual Dee is an adorable mess of a main character, stuck on a magical murderous boat trip from hell...

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · Jun 4

Yay! Love this! 🌈

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Emma (Em) Sterner-Radley @emmasternerradley.bsky.social · May 22

Here are a few pics from yesterday’s panel! It was really great, made so by lovely fellow panellists, chairperson, arrangers and the wonderful audience. Thank you to @alethearlyons.bsky.social and @britfantasysoc.bsky.social for arranging this!

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · May 17

Thank you so much!! 💙🐟

Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · May 17

Yay! Please do!

Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · May 17

Last minute news! I’ll be popping along to London Comic-con on Sunday 25th at 12pm at the Writer’s Block to sign some books and hopefully meet some of you!

I’ll have all my swag and also bookplates so no worry if you can’t carry books I got you 💙🐟

Can’t wait to see you!

Poster with a picture of Frances white and the cover of voyage of the damned with the words I’ll be signing at MCM comic con London 12pm Sunday 25th May at the writers block close to the forbidden planet booth s2230

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · May 15

Quick someone put ‘Agatha Christie queer hopepunk’ on a poster of my book!

Merry Hadaway @kindjourneys.bsky.social · May 15

Oh, "Voyage of the Damned" by @franceswrites.bsky.social is *wonderful*. Agatha Christie queer hopepunk, with a thoroughly dystopian setting (and a couple of seriously disturbing scenes) but a huge amount of warmth and humour, and an utterly wonderful hero. <3

(Also I want Tendai's wheelchair!)

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · May 15

Oh I LOVE that description! Thank you so much! 💙🐟

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Victoria | How to Survive Debut Author Stress, out free! @shiwritesprose.bsky.social · May 4

How to Survive Debut Author Stress is live! bit.ly/3Z0wkXO

Published writers, including bestsellers, those with hybrid careers, and award winners, offer stories and strategies to debut authors.

#writingcommunity #mentalhealth #stress

Poster for 'How to Survive Debut Author Stress,' with white text saying the site is now available. The background is blue with green vector art of various graphics surrounding a stressed out human figure.

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Serenity Booksellers @serenitybookshop.bsky.social · May 1

Thursday 8th May (Stockport)

FANTASY BOOK PANEL featuring:

Eliza Chan - TIDEBORN

Thomas D. Lee - PERILOUS TIMES

Frances White - VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED

@elizachanwrites.bsky.social @thomasdlee.bsky.social @franceswrites.bsky.social

🎫 www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sto...

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Thomas D. Lee @thomasdlee.bsky.social · Apr 29

If you're based in Manchester or Stockport then do come along to my event with @franceswrites.bsky.social and @elizachanwrites.bsky.social on the 8th of May!

www.manchestercityofliterature.com/event/fantas...

Fantasy Evening with Eliza Chan, Thomas D Lee and Frances White - Manchester City of Literature

Come and join us as we chat to three bestselling fantastical authors about their very exciting books! We’re going to be chatting all things Fantasy with Eliza Chan, author of Tideborn (The Drowned Wor...

www.manchestercityofliterature.com

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · Apr 25

I love that edition!! 😍💙🐟

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J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social · Apr 24

Oh hey would you look at that.

I'm back at it again with @brendandurkin.bsky.social for three more books at @gollancz.bsky.social!

This one's got everything!
Ghosts!
Excessively virtuous knights!
A distressing tower!
A man who is also a tree?
Lots of birds!
Utopian anarchism!

It's great.

Gollancz snaps up three-book deal from 'gifted' fantasy author JT Greathouse

Gollancz has snapped up three epic fantasy novels from JT Greathouse, beginning with the standalone novel The Tower of the Tyrant.

www.thebookseller.com

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · Apr 22

Okay for legal reasons you are innocent of (almost) all charges

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