Taylor Pence
YA Speculative Fiction Author
Author BIo
Taylor Pence writes YA speculative fiction with purpose to encourage empowerment and offer opportunities for readers to experience empathy.She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in English, and one day plans to pursue a PhD in English.
Her short fiction has been featured in a local library magazine: Another Story. She is a member of Realm Makers and an Aurora Contest finalist.A forever student, Taylor sharpens her writing voice by participating in writing webinars, studying craft books, and consuming a variety of YA and Adult speculative fiction in both the Christian and general markets.When not writing, Taylor enjoys devouring character-driven stories, capturing memories through photography, taste testing food made by her husband, and spending time with her two daughters. Currently, she lives in Alberta, Canada.
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Project Overridge
Sorcery of Thorns meets Defy the Night in this YA high fantasy where enemies become allies to stop a tyrannical king set on destroying the bond between magic and the human soul.
Compassion for her clan’s suffering forces memory binder, Ember of Lockpine, to become a lawbreaker. She safeguards the memories she takes within the pages of Memoires—books of living memories.Extraction Day looms on the horizon. Ember and her childhood friend, Graedon, have kept the potency of their magic hidden from those who would kill to possess it. When Graedon faces extraction, Ember offers the only thing she has of value—her magic.Unable to secure Graedon’s freedom, Ember joins him as an extraction candidate. Desperate, their survival rests with the king’s executioner, Saga, a girl with the power to keep a person’s soul from dying. Convinced Graedon won’t survive the loss of his magic, Ember determines to make the king’s executioner their ally. When Saga suffers a mortal wound, Ember saves her life at the risk of losing her own.An unlikely alliance, a memory binder and a soul render discover that family is more than the name you bear or the blood you bleed—it’s the choice one makes to love another above all else.
Target Audience
Overridge is for readers ages 12 to 18 who love fantasy adventure with a touch of romance.This story is for fans of the friends to lovers, enemies to allies, wise mentor, and found family tropes.Readers who enjoy contemplating questions about true friendship, the consequences of good intentions, what makes someone part of a family, and the influence memories have on a person’s character will have discovered their new favorite book.
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