Vanessa Joyce IBF Minisode

Dianna Evans
2 days ago
2 min read

There is something quite magical about Vanessa's books. It is not just about her. It is a family environment and a chance for creative expressions. Her Son also has his own stories to share with the world. Starting in horror she found that there was more fun to have in different genres, but she has always stayed true to her roots.

Who is Vanessa?

Vanessa Joyce is an Australian author based in Western Australia, where she lives with her fiancé and their two children. After writing for 20 years, storytelling has been her lifeline. Her writing spans multiple series across fantasy, dystopian, contemporary, and dark fiction, including Titan Realms. Her epic fantasy world of Titans, dragons, harpies, and woven realms. Titan Realms was a six-year labour if love, something she built layer by layer through grief, resilience, rage, and hope. It continues to grow with each book and is the heart of her work and the worls she will return to again and again.

She began publishing her debut novel in her mid-twenties, starting with a dystopian werewolf short-story series Hunter's Moon, Which has ranked as an Amazon Best Seller multiple times and is known for its raw realism, emotional intensity, and unflinching approach to survival and humanity.

Collaborating with J.R. Prosser on the novelette A Killer Ride, allowed her to lean into darker themes on a world of murder and a lot of chaos.

While writing Home of the Harpies, it became clear to her early on that her fantasy worlds demanded a visual structure. That need gave rise to my work as a fantasy map illustrator, and she's since created maps for a wide range of authors. What began as a practical tool became another storytelling language that connected her across the world with other authors. A tool that now allows readers to see a world before they ever step into it.

Writing, however, remains her first love. She stays deeply involved in the global writing community, collaborating with readers, writers, and artists to create immersive experiences through books, illustrated maps, art illustrations and collector-focused merchandise tied to her series.

Her toots are in horror, tension, and emotional stakes, but refuses to be boxed in. You'll find fantasy, romance, brutaility, tenderness, ans the occasional indulgence in smut woven through her work. She believes stories should make you feel something, even if it's uncomfortable. She writes boldly, honestly, and without apology, because the worlds she built demands it.

What has she written?

Hunter’s Moon series (V.J. Garland)