The book was released April 2011, and re-released with bonus content in 2018.

In 2007, Frey returned to Canada to attend Ryerson and York Universities for a Masters of Arts.ĭragon Moon Press acquired Frey's debut novel Triptych in late 2009 after Frey and the acquisitions editor Gabrielle Harbowy met at a party at the Ad Astra science fiction convention. She began her first novel while at Brock University, which has not yet been published, and first began to seriously study creative writing there.Īfter earning her Bachelor of Arts, Dramatic Literature (honors) in 2005, Frey lived in Fukuoka, Japan for two years, where she taught English as a Japanese Exchange Teacher, and worked on several other to-date-unpublished manuscripts. Frey's academic and creative writing focused primarily on Japanese mythology, the Classics, and traditional Japanese theatre. She began by writing fanfiction, which she calls her 'apprenticeship to the fandom community', and which led her to write original stories at the age of eighteen. Biography įrey began writing at the age of eleven. She regularly appears on radio shows, television talk shows, and podcasts discussing fandom and genre works. įrey has appeared at Toronto-area science fiction conventions and is involved with charity and community fan groups and initiatives. Frey calls herself a 'professional geek'. While she is best known for her debut novel Triptych, Frey's work encompasses poetry, academic and magazine articles, screenplays, and short stories. Jessica Marie Frey / ˈ f r aɪ/ FRY is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. Triptych, City by Night, The Untold Tale (The Accidental Turn Series), The Skylark's Song (The Skylark's Saga), The Maddening Science, The Woman Who Fell Through Time, Hero is a Four Letter Word, Lips Like Ice (as Peggy Barnett) Speculative fiction, Science fiction, Queer Romance, Urban Fantasy, Steampunk, Romance Catharines Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University), Toronto York University, Toronto

Lips Like Ice by Peggy Barnett