About Josephine
Lucky 13 Interview
You win £1 million, but you must give half of it to charity. Which charity do you chose, and what do you do with the rest of the money?
Charity – Rainforest Alliance. Rainforests are the lungs of our planet and essential if we are to have any remote chance of battling climate change.
The rest of the money, I would use to fund the PhD in creative writing I’m hoping to do next year (though where is yet to be decided) and pay off my study loans. If there’s any left over after that I’ll use it for travel.
Interview with The Writing Desk
Tell us about your latest book
Embers is a YA Mystery and crime novel set in the fictional mining town of Svartjokk in northern Sweden. It can be described as a Scandi Noir version of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. It tells the story of 17-year-old Ellen Blind, who travels to Svartjokk with her brother Simon, a 14-year-old with Aspergers. They’re on a holiday arranged by their parents, who claim that the siblings should bond, visit the birthplace of their late grandfather, Lars-Erik, and discover their Sami roots. Ellen, though, knows that her parents also want them out of the way so they can sort out their marital problems….
Review of Embers by Ewan Lawrie
“Keep it simple, keep it true”.
This is exactly what Josephine Greenland does with her YA detective novel. Make no mistake, there are heavy themes addressed in this book, from the suppression of native or (ab-)original cultures to how a family does -or doesn’t – deal with a neuro-diverse family member, depending on the individual doing the dealing.
However, this is a page-turner of a book….