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Emma Maree Urquhart (born October 2, 1991, Inverness) is a Scottish writer.

Biography

She was born in Raigmore Hospital Inverness before moving to Stornoway with her family, returning to Inverness for school at an early age. At school, she developed a fondness for reading and of creative writing also excelling at maths. Doing most of her work on school PCs and transporting them with floppy disks.

After some early attempts at comedic science fiction, her first attempt at novel writing was a science fiction comedy novel written for classmates, before a "scribbled paragraph"^[2] became Dragon Tamers, a 60,000 word novella written in six months.

In 2003, Dragon Tamers was published by Aultbea Publishing.^[3] Aided by a media caught off-guard by a 13-year-old publishing a book, the novel sold well. Achieving success in the UK and abroad,^[4] requiring a second print run of 50,000 copies after the first run of 1,000 sold out.^[5] in 2003 a sequel (Dragon Tamers 2: Digital Tempest) was released.

During autumn 2006, the publisher pulled promotion of the sequel, putting interest instead in other child stars.

Urquhart was diagnosed with depression and given medical and psychological treatment late in 2006.^[6] She currently lives in Nairn, Scotland ^[7] with her fiancé.

Work

Urquhart has had two books published by Aultbea Publishing.^[3] She has since terminated her contract with Aultbea Publishing.^[8]

The Network, a cyberpunk/fantasy retelling of Dragon Tamers for young adults is currently in production as well as an unnamed urban-fantasy novel for young adults.^[9]

See also

• List of authors by name: U
• List of LiveJournal users
• List of fictional dragons

References