BOOK REVIEW | ITCH | GEMMA AMOR
Intro: Gemma Amor’s books have been on my radar for quite a while. Especially after thoroughly enjoying her collaboration with Allison Brandt, S.H. Cooper, Desdymona Howard, Victoria Juan, and Charlotte Norup on the podcast Calling Darkness . However, as usual twenty million other books get in the way, and I never got around to them. Author of 11 books, Amor has been nominated for a number of awards; including the Bram Stoker Award for Superior achievement in a first novel ( for her debut published novel Dear Laura ), Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) , British Fantasy Awards Shortlist (for her book Full Immersion, published by Angry Robot), This is Horror Awards Nominee 2019 , for ‘Novella of the Year’ ( for dear laura ) and finally the Indie Horror Book Awards for her collection of short stories Cruel Works of Nature which was originally released in 2018. In addition to being a writer and podcaster, she illustrates her own work, narrates audiobooks and has written ...
