Saci Lloyd

Saci Lloyd (born in Manchester) is a British writer.[1] Lloyd teaches media studies in secondary school in East London, and publishes young adult novels of dystopian near-futures.[2] Speaking of her chosen genre, Lloyd says “The best dystopia is a lens for looking at contemporary society. I like books that get children reading, and if that means vampires and werewolves then so be it, but I think reality is a more interesting topic.”[3] Reviewer Rebecca Onion describes Lloyd's genre as “soft apocalypse,” which “chronicle[s] societies changing as a result of a series of rolling crises, rather than in the blink of an eye, as from a nuclear blast....” Onion continues “Because they take this ‘soft’ approach, Lloyd’s Carbon Diaries books are wonderful at showing the effects of climate change and scarcity on everyday life; they’re also completely terrifying.”[4]

  1. ^ Saci Lloyd
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  3. ^ Cooper, Charlie (10 April 2011). "Doomed! The new teen book genre: Dystopian fiction is swiftly taking over from vampires and werewolves". The Independent. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  4. ^ Onion, Rebecca (6 September 2011). "Young and Hot: Saci Lloyd's The Carbon Diaries". Retrieved 28 October 2015.