VH Folland - author

My first book came out in 2010, after being passed around a few publishers - the problem with small publishers is that they do tend to fold, and sometime they do it while they still have your manuscript...

On the work front, I'm a consultant in a specialist field, I've worked in a lot of industry sectors and I like aircraft and technology. One of my early memories is sitting on a pilot's lap while he taxied round the field, or at age four-ish standing by the hangar a Vulcan bomber was passing over -  probably about a hundred feet over, as it came in to land - which was memorably loud and resulted in scabby knees when I fell over.  

I used to put my author notes on Squidoo, but as they have closed, the notes will be moving here. 

Arrival was a free short story, release initially as a line a day through Twitter before it was assembled and released through Smashwords. Set two years before Fire Season, it covers the arrival of Matt's prize possession.

For a few months it was the most downloaded free story on Smashwords, until - and I always enjoy this story - someone released a free bio of Justin Bieber. How many people outside the music industry can say it took Justin Bieber to knock them off the number one spot?

You can read it here:

Going Under is the story of Karo a teenager who has dropped off the grid in London. 

This is an interesting one because when I wrote Fire Season the reviews all referred to the author as male. With Going Under, they unanimously referred to the author as female. It seems many readers assume that the author most be the gender of whatever their main character is. I'm taking it to mean I write both genders convincingly, which is actually rather flattering.

It was part of a planned trilogy, but again I think I wrapped up the story in one. Few of the main characters would return and the setting would change, so I'm not sure there's anything more to say.