Daughter of Ash and Bone follows a chemist who inherits a strange Norse pendant and finds herself pulled into a world of tokens, gods, dreams, and old violence. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?

I was drawn to the Brísingamen myth and the conflict between Loki and Heimdall—there’s a tension there that feels unresolved in a really interesting way.

I wanted to take that dynamic and reframe it by placing a woman at the center of the story as Odin—someone who isn’t just affected by that power but becomes the point it revolves around. That shift opened up a lot of questions about control, identity, and what it costs to be tied to something older than you are.

Alice begins as a grounded, practical chemist. What interested you about placing someone so rooted in logic into a mythic conflict?

I come from a scientific background, so I’m used to thinking in terms of logic and proof.

Alice starts from the same place. She doesn’t believe in the impossible—until she’s forced to confront it.

That shift gave me a way to explore mythology through resistance instead of acceptance, which feels like a fresher perspective for readers.

Beckett and Alice’s relationship grows alongside danger rather than apart from it. Why was that balance important to you?

I wanted to take a different approach to romance. Alice and Beckett start as friends, with a real sense of trust already in place.

So, when things become dangerous, their relationship doesn’t fall apart—it deepens. Instead of struggling to hold on to each other, their connection is what helps them move forward.

That felt more grounded to me, and more reflective of how some people actually respond under pressure.

Can you give us a peek inside the next book in the Ravens and Runes Saga? Where will it take readers? 

The next book goes deeper—both into the mythology and into the consequences of what’s already been set in motion.

The world opens, but it also becomes more dangerous. What seemed contained starts to spread, and the lines between who can be trusted and who can’t begin to blur.

Alice is no longer just reacting—she must make choices that carry real weight. And some of those choices don’t have clean outcomes.

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