Chantal Halpin

Who are you? Chantal Halpin

What genre/s do you write in? Urban fantasy is my home, but I also stray into paranormal romance.

Why do you write? Because it is the only way to stop the voices in my head from driving me completely crazy.

Planner or pantser? At my core I’m a pantser. Although I usually know what the beginning and ending is and it helps to have a through-line. Sometimes I have to work out a couple of scenes in advance, but mostly I just sit down and write. My characters get quite a lot of ‘head-time’ to develop so I know how they are likely to react; sometimes they still surprise me though.

Where can we find you?
Blog: Chantal Halpin
Twitter: @ChantalHalpin
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Latest release? The Brinded Cat. This is a short story of approx 10,000 words with British spelling.

Previous releases? Foul is Fair, another Sam short involving witch hunters and dastardly deeds.

What are you working on now? I have Death’s Daughter currently out on submission (fingers crossed) but my actual current work in progress is a straight-up romance with no paranormal shenanigans what-so-ever.

Personal bio: Chantal Halpin lives in the South West of England with her husband and their two kids. She mostly writes urban fantasy and loves anything fanged, fae witchy or shifty. She is currently working on The Witch Hunter Series which includes both urban fantasy and young adult stories.

Featured Publication: The Brinded Cat

The Brinded Cat - Chantal Halpin

Insurance claims worker, Sam, doesn’t want to do any more jobs for the Community. She just wants to fill in her nice, harmless forms. But when she is coaxed into rescuing a witch’s familiar from a tree, she finds her charge is more than an average kitty.

Faced with the option of handing him over to the authorities, she instead risks her liberty and flees across London with the witch hunters in hot pursuit. But for a change it seems the Latino pyromaniacs are not the most dangerous players in this game of cat and mouse.

A free urban fantasy short, available from Smashwords.

Further information about Chantal Halpin can be found here.