About The Author
Terri Nixon is the author of several novels of historical fiction, including family sagas, historical fantasy, and mythic fantasy.
She is 100% human, and has never used, and will never use, Gen AI in any of her work, including editing or mentoring.
She also freelances for Cornerstones Literary Consultancy, carrying out developmental editing, manuscript assessment, and mentoring.
See testimonials video below, and use the contact form for enquiries.
T.H. Nixon is the new pen name under which Terri plans to write Devon-based crime (Info here.)
Terri is a hybrid author, being traditionally, independently, and self-published. Although she writes under different names, the themes noticeably cross over; there is crime, action, intrigue and danger in her historical and fantasy work, and there is warmth, friendship, community and hope in her crime novels.
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BIO:
Terri was born in Plymouth. At the age of 9 she moved with her family to Cornwall, to a small village on the edge of Bodmin Moor, where she discovered a love of writing that has stayed with her ever since. She also discovered apple-scrumping, and how to jump out of a hayloft without breaking any bones, but no-one's ever offered to pay her for doing those.
She now lives back in Plymouth, and works in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Business, at the University of Plymouth.
Mentoring and Editorial Testimonials
NEWS
Most recent Release:
The Watchers of Pencarrack Moor. Book 3 in Terri Nixon's Pencarrack series: (Piatkus)
*NEWS*
Terri has recently signed with a new agent: Louise Buckley, of the Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency. She is delighted to have the chance to work with someone with so much experience, and who has such a dynamic and positive energy.
Currently Working On:
Terri Nixon: A new book, provisionally titled The Rise of the North Twenty. We go back to the origins of the all-female Bristol gang we met in The Secrets of Pencarrack Moor, and discover how it began, how it ended... And what came next. Featuring its queen, Jenny Lyons, and exploring her story from time she and her brother Vic were forced onto the streets, as children, to make their own way. This is likely to form the start of a brand new Dartmoor-based WW2 saga.
Also in the pipeline for Terri: a novel which explores a seemingly resolved sub-plot from The Penhaligon Saga, featuring new character Harriet Donithorn. Harriet has a new husband, a new baby, and a new home...but old lies are poised to rip it all from her grasp. Working title: The Hangman's Daughter.
Terri has now re-commenced work with author Shelley Clarke (collaborating as Clarke Nixon) as Shelley continues her stunning story of The Children of Sinai, and the website has now been updated with the cover of the final book in the series: Rebirth.
T.H. Nixon: a brand new police procedural series, set in Devon and introducing DS Kirsty Drake and the Serious Crime Unit at the fictional Mayflower Street station, in Plymouth.
Kirsty is deeply family-orientated, but her family is split down the middle, with her mother and her estranged aunt each taking their matriarch role very seriously. And one side of the family is one of Plymouth's worst-kept criminal secrets...
The first volume has a working title of Devil's Rock; the name is adapted from Dartmoor's popular climbing destination, the Dewerstone (Dewer being an old name for Devil). More information on that can be found here.
T.H. is currently writing a second book in the series, featuring a former TV star who is naive enough to believe a fresh start on Dartmoor will help her forget her criminal past... Working title: A Colder Grave.
A fourth book in the main series of Terri's self-published Lynher Mill Chronicles is in its early stages; Terri will work on this during any hiatus that occurs in her writing life. It's actually the fifth Lynher Mill book, with The Unquiet Dawn forming a standalone prequel to the series. The long-short story which also features a character or two from her other books, along with snippets of the shared history that threads through them all, is available here.
Future Plans: Terri intends to give The Lynher Mill Chronicles a polish and re-edit over the coming months, and re-release them with new artwork. She says of the series: "I wrote these books at the start of my writing career, and was in a fever to release them, as they are truly the books of my heart. The publication - at a very low price - was largely an experiment, and a way of sharing the stories I have loved for so long. However, they have found some very loyal and devoted fans, and I have learned so much more about the publishing process since The Dust of Ancients was released in 2013. I think the books - and their readers - deserve better. I plan to administer some TLC, and to re-launch them in the near future."
She also plans to re-edit and re-release a three-part Scottish crime series, set in a small, fictitious town in the Highlands region. The Clifford-Mackenzie series has previously been published under the pen-name, R.D. Nixon, but will be re-published under T.H. Nixon.
You can find the prequel novella for download here.