Fay Abernethy

Biography

Fay Abernethy left the UK more than twenty-five years ago, seeking adventure. When not diving with sharks or falling off horses, she worked as an engineer in the automotive industry. After settling down in Germany with the man of her dreams, she went freelance and started her own translating business.
She now lives the life of a respectable citizen and has discovered that being a parent is the greatest adventure of them all.

Why does she write? Long story . . .
Over a decade ago, Fay was struggling to look after two small children, while running her translating business and feeling powerless about the climate crisis. She retreated into an escapist fantasy world, populating it with larger-than-life characters.

This world became so huge, she started writing it down to keep track. At the same time, she discovered eco non-fiction and realised: the solutions to our planetary predicament are already available, but many people don’t know about them.

Communicating this knowledge to a wider audience, in an entertaining package, became her mission. Her solarpunk books combine her fantasy world and characters with the eco-transition concepts she loves reading about. She hopes to get people thinking about what kind of world we want to live in, and the part they might play in bringing it about.