JR RO Thorp
@jrthorp.bsky.social
I write things: literary fiction (LEARWIFE 2021 Canongate), murder mysteries (DEATH ON ICE Faber 2025, the first in the Blanchard Twins Mysteries) and libretti, lyrics, bits of song. Agent: Claire Conrad at Janklow & Nesbit.
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JR RO Thorp
@jrthorp.bsky.social
· Nov 14
HELLO I write books! Learwife (Canongate 2021), Death On Ice (forthcoming 2025 from Faber, as RO Thorp), and a further Blanchard Twins book (forthcoming 2026 from Faber)! Follow me here for all social media thingies that involve Writing.
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I'll be at @capitalcrime.bsky.social in London at 11.40am on 13 June, doing an event about chilly crimes in cold climes. Come heckle me about Finn/show me your #DeathOnIce photos in person/throw walruses onto the stage. #capitalcrime25
www.capitalcrime.org/tickets
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I'll be at @capitalcrime.bsky.social in London at 11.40am on 13 June, doing an event about chilly crimes in cold climes. Come heckle me about Finn/show me your #DeathOnIce photos in person/throw walruses onto the stage. #capitalcrime25
www.capitalcrime.org/tickets
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March 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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I'll be at @capitalcrime.bsky.social in London at 11.40am on 13 June, doing an event about chilly crimes in cold climes. Come heckle me about Finn/show me your #DeathOnIce photos in person/throw walruses onto the stage. #capitalcrime25
www.capitalcrime.org/tickets
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I'll be at @capitalcrime.bsky.social in London at 11.40am on 13 June, doing an event about chilly crimes in cold climes. Come heckle me about Finn/show me your #DeathOnIce photos in person/throw walruses onto the stage. #capitalcrime25
www.capitalcrime.org/tickets
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Well. What an intensely miserable honour, to be content-scraped like lichen off a rock.
March 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Well. What an intensely miserable honour, to be content-scraped like lichen off a rock.
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family favorite peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1911
March 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
family favorite peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1911
Last night in People Are Great, Actually:
Spouse runs a pub in Ireland, & a non-Irish man was introduced to the idea of a 'pub quiz'. FASCINATION ENSUED.
"Where do you get questions?"
"We write them!"
"What do you mean? You think, 'I know this, I wonder who else does??'"
He's quizzing next week.
Spouse runs a pub in Ireland, & a non-Irish man was introduced to the idea of a 'pub quiz'. FASCINATION ENSUED.
"Where do you get questions?"
"We write them!"
"What do you mean? You think, 'I know this, I wonder who else does??'"
He's quizzing next week.
March 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Last night in People Are Great, Actually:
Spouse runs a pub in Ireland, & a non-Irish man was introduced to the idea of a 'pub quiz'. FASCINATION ENSUED.
"Where do you get questions?"
"We write them!"
"What do you mean? You think, 'I know this, I wonder who else does??'"
He's quizzing next week.
Spouse runs a pub in Ireland, & a non-Irish man was introduced to the idea of a 'pub quiz'. FASCINATION ENSUED.
"Where do you get questions?"
"We write them!"
"What do you mean? You think, 'I know this, I wonder who else does??'"
He's quizzing next week.
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In other breaking news, magnolias are in full bloom around here.
March 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In other breaking news, magnolias are in full bloom around here.
Because my readers are Fantastic & Understand Priorities, I now have a flood of #DeathOnIce images with pets. Big pets small pets cat babies dog babies. OUTSTANDING WORK.
If you have a copy & an animal, please continue this holy trend. (If no animal? Borrow animal!)
#CatSky #BookSky #CatsofBlueSky
If you have a copy & an animal, please continue this holy trend. (If no animal? Borrow animal!)
#CatSky #BookSky #CatsofBlueSky
March 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Because my readers are Fantastic & Understand Priorities, I now have a flood of #DeathOnIce images with pets. Big pets small pets cat babies dog babies. OUTSTANDING WORK.
If you have a copy & an animal, please continue this holy trend. (If no animal? Borrow animal!)
#CatSky #BookSky #CatsofBlueSky
If you have a copy & an animal, please continue this holy trend. (If no animal? Borrow animal!)
#CatSky #BookSky #CatsofBlueSky
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"With a twisting plot which quickly runs into deep trouble, some entertaining personality clashes, and lots of dark secrets popping up through the frigid air, Death on Ice is overflowing with cool, contemporary vibes... Don’t miss the boat!"
"With a twisting plot which quickly runs into deep trouble, some entertaining personality clashes, and lots of dark secrets popping up through the frigid air, Death on Ice is overflowing with cool, contemporary vibes... Don’t miss the boat!"
Death on Ice by R OThorp: packed full of chills, thrills, shocks and sharks – book review –
Welcome aboard the Dauphin, a state-of-the-art ship on its way to the Arctic with a passenger list that includes scientists on a marine research voyage... and a mixed bunch of wealthy passengers looki...
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March 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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"With a twisting plot which quickly runs into deep trouble, some entertaining personality clashes, and lots of dark secrets popping up through the frigid air, Death on Ice is overflowing with cool, contemporary vibes... Don’t miss the boat!"
"With a twisting plot which quickly runs into deep trouble, some entertaining personality clashes, and lots of dark secrets popping up through the frigid air, Death on Ice is overflowing with cool, contemporary vibes... Don’t miss the boat!"
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im deadly serious here this is a 14th century illustration of a horse dying and going to hell
February 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
im deadly serious here this is a 14th century illustration of a horse dying and going to hell
Me in @irishexaminer.bsky.social on sophomore syndrome and cosy crime!
"The level that you have to write at to make sure that you are entertaining and also baffling people who know and love all of these stories back to front is considerable."
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"The level that you have to write at to make sure that you are entertaining and also baffling people who know and love all of these stories back to front is considerable."
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
Author interview: A pivot to ‘cosy crime’ requires a high level of literary craftsmanship
The worlds that I’m creating with the detective novels and with 'Learwife' are different. They’re going to do very different things for you
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February 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Me in @irishexaminer.bsky.social on sophomore syndrome and cosy crime!
"The level that you have to write at to make sure that you are entertaining and also baffling people who know and love all of these stories back to front is considerable."
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
"The level that you have to write at to make sure that you are entertaining and also baffling people who know and love all of these stories back to front is considerable."
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
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February 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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On how I wrote a book in 27 days to entertain a friend on maternity leave and ended up working with @faberbooks.bsky.social's incredible Crime team: A Blanchard Twins Tale
'It turns out that, as in most things, my teenage self was wrong. Writing does not require bleeding from anything to be joyous, or entertaining, or good'
R.O. Thorp on how writing what you love, out of love, can lead on to great things 💙📚
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R.O. Thorp on how writing what you love, out of love, can lead on to great things 💙📚
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February 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
On how I wrote a book in 27 days to entertain a friend on maternity leave and ended up working with @faberbooks.bsky.social's incredible Crime team: A Blanchard Twins Tale
I talked to the deeply lovely @swordsandsapphics.bsky.social about writing a novel in 27 days, the difference between writing literary and crime fiction, and why queer representation is so important in your nan's fave cosy murder mystery novels.
Have a read here: tinyurl.com/ROThorpSSP
Have a read here: tinyurl.com/ROThorpSSP
Death on Ice: An Interview with R.O. Thorp
Happy Valentine's Day! If you'd like a dash of murder mystery with your romance today, we have just the guest for you. R.O. Thorp tells us all about her new series with scientists and sleuths, the Bla...
www.swordsandsapphics.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I talked to the deeply lovely @swordsandsapphics.bsky.social about writing a novel in 27 days, the difference between writing literary and crime fiction, and why queer representation is so important in your nan's fave cosy murder mystery novels.
Have a read here: tinyurl.com/ROThorpSSP
Have a read here: tinyurl.com/ROThorpSSP
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I'm excited to share my review for Death on Ice by RO Thorp #mystery #cosymystery #newrelease #DeathOnIce
I’m excited to share my review for Death on Ice by RO Thorp #mystery #cosymystery #newrelease
Here's the blurb A scientist nobody liked has been murdered on the Arctic ice . . Meet the Blanchard twins:Rose is practical, sharp, and protective. Specialty: manta rays.Finn is too sweet and kind for his own good. Specialty: sharks. Rose and Finn are looking for sharks on the sea bed. When they return to the Dauphin they make a terrible discovery: their colleague has been murdered on the ice –with a harpoon that should never have been there.
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February 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I'm excited to share my review for Death on Ice by RO Thorp #mystery #cosymystery #newrelease #DeathOnIce
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Over on my blog I’ve a Q&A with R O Thorp. Her new book Death on Ice is out today from @faberbooks.bsky.social fromfirstpagetolast.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/r...
R O Thorp – Q&A
Death on Ice by R O Thorp is published on 13 February 2025 by Faber. She kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Death on Ice. Death On Ice is a murder mystery in the class…
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February 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Over on my blog I’ve a Q&A with R O Thorp. Her new book Death on Ice is out today from @faberbooks.bsky.social fromfirstpagetolast.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/r...
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Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp – a review BLOG TOUR
When Faber and Faber got in touch to invite me onto the blog tour for one of their new debut authors of course I said yes! Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp introduces us to the Blanchard twins, Rose and Finn. They are marine biologists who are on a…
When Faber and Faber got in touch to invite me onto the blog tour for one of their new debut authors of course I said yes! Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp introduces us to the Blanchard twins, Rose and Finn. They are marine biologists who are on a…
Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp – a review BLOG TOUR
When Faber and Faber got in touch to invite me onto the blog tour for one of their new debut authors of course I said yes! Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp introduces us to the Blanchard twins, Rose and Finn. They are marine biologists who are on a luxury Artic cruise for work, alongside an assortment of passengers who are there to enjoy themselves.
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February 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp – a review BLOG TOUR
When Faber and Faber got in touch to invite me onto the blog tour for one of their new debut authors of course I said yes! Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp introduces us to the Blanchard twins, Rose and Finn. They are marine biologists who are on a…
When Faber and Faber got in touch to invite me onto the blog tour for one of their new debut authors of course I said yes! Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp introduces us to the Blanchard twins, Rose and Finn. They are marine biologists who are on a…
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🛳️'A brilliant modern cosy.' Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants
🛳️'How can something so damn cold be so damn cosy?' Oskar Jensen, author of Helle and Death
Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp is out now from all good bookshops 🛳️
https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571386581-death-on-ice/
🛳️'How can something so damn cold be so damn cosy?' Oskar Jensen, author of Helle and Death
Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp is out now from all good bookshops 🛳️
https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571386581-death-on-ice/
February 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🛳️'A brilliant modern cosy.' Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants
🛳️'How can something so damn cold be so damn cosy?' Oskar Jensen, author of Helle and Death
Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp is out now from all good bookshops 🛳️
https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571386581-death-on-ice/
🛳️'How can something so damn cold be so damn cosy?' Oskar Jensen, author of Helle and Death
Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp is out now from all good bookshops 🛳️
https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571386581-death-on-ice/
To celebrate #DeathOnIce coming out today with @faberbooks.bsky.social, here's me doing a Q&A with the brilliant @janetemson.bsky.social about whether I plan my books (um), poetry, writing as joy, and ridiculous green teas.
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#BookSky #BookBirthday
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#BookSky #BookBirthday
R O Thorp – Q&A
Death on Ice by R O Thorp is published on 13 February 2025 by Faber. She kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Death on Ice. Death On Ice is a murder mystery in the class…
fromfirstpagetolast.wordpress.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
To celebrate #DeathOnIce coming out today with @faberbooks.bsky.social, here's me doing a Q&A with the brilliant @janetemson.bsky.social about whether I plan my books (um), poetry, writing as joy, and ridiculous green teas.
fromfirstpagetolast.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/r...
#BookSky #BookBirthday
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#BookSky #BookBirthday
#DeathOnIce IS OUT TODAY with @faberbooks.bsky.social!
Find it at all your fave bookshops:
Waterstones tinyurl.com/4s4keuuk
W.H. Smith tinyurl.com/387vhkzh
Foyles tinyurl.com/7zk4pzta
Blackwells tinyurl.com/3d64ukwk
Dubray tinyurl.com/4jw5aywn
Hatchards tinyurl.com/39mn9e5h
#BookSky #CatSky
Find it at all your fave bookshops:
Waterstones tinyurl.com/4s4keuuk
W.H. Smith tinyurl.com/387vhkzh
Foyles tinyurl.com/7zk4pzta
Blackwells tinyurl.com/3d64ukwk
Dubray tinyurl.com/4jw5aywn
Hatchards tinyurl.com/39mn9e5h
#BookSky #CatSky
February 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#DeathOnIce IS OUT TODAY with @faberbooks.bsky.social!
Find it at all your fave bookshops:
Waterstones tinyurl.com/4s4keuuk
W.H. Smith tinyurl.com/387vhkzh
Foyles tinyurl.com/7zk4pzta
Blackwells tinyurl.com/3d64ukwk
Dubray tinyurl.com/4jw5aywn
Hatchards tinyurl.com/39mn9e5h
#BookSky #CatSky
Find it at all your fave bookshops:
Waterstones tinyurl.com/4s4keuuk
W.H. Smith tinyurl.com/387vhkzh
Foyles tinyurl.com/7zk4pzta
Blackwells tinyurl.com/3d64ukwk
Dubray tinyurl.com/4jw5aywn
Hatchards tinyurl.com/39mn9e5h
#BookSky #CatSky
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Why would you make your narrator unreliable. I trusted you and purchased this book and this is how you repay me
February 12, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Why would you make your narrator unreliable. I trusted you and purchased this book and this is how you repay me
TEN DAYS OF WALRUSES til publication of #DeathOnIce by
@faberbooks.bsky.social: DAY TEN! Out tomorrow!
THIS IS MY VERY FAVOURITE WALRUS IN ART. It's by German naturalist Johann Christian Daniel Schreber (1739-1810).
Thanks to all the lovely early readers of #DeathOnIce! MY WALRUS SMILES UPON YOU
@faberbooks.bsky.social: DAY TEN! Out tomorrow!
THIS IS MY VERY FAVOURITE WALRUS IN ART. It's by German naturalist Johann Christian Daniel Schreber (1739-1810).
Thanks to all the lovely early readers of #DeathOnIce! MY WALRUS SMILES UPON YOU
February 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
TEN DAYS OF WALRUSES til publication of #DeathOnIce by
@faberbooks.bsky.social: DAY TEN! Out tomorrow!
THIS IS MY VERY FAVOURITE WALRUS IN ART. It's by German naturalist Johann Christian Daniel Schreber (1739-1810).
Thanks to all the lovely early readers of #DeathOnIce! MY WALRUS SMILES UPON YOU
@faberbooks.bsky.social: DAY TEN! Out tomorrow!
THIS IS MY VERY FAVOURITE WALRUS IN ART. It's by German naturalist Johann Christian Daniel Schreber (1739-1810).
Thanks to all the lovely early readers of #DeathOnIce! MY WALRUS SMILES UPON YOU
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“Pardon the pun, but Franklin seems to have seen the forest through the trees…”—I am so thrilled @sciam.bsky.social says my #FranklinStove book is one of its 10 most anticipated microhistories for 2025 (and a pun is pretty much always forgivable)
Scientific American’s 10 Most Anticipated ‘Microhistories’ Coming Out in 2025
Scientific American’s Brianne Kane can’t wait to check out these fascinating deep dives into ‘micro’ topics that reveal big insights about science and society
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February 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“Pardon the pun, but Franklin seems to have seen the forest through the trees…”—I am so thrilled @sciam.bsky.social says my #FranklinStove book is one of its 10 most anticipated microhistories for 2025 (and a pun is pretty much always forgivable)
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Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
February 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
TEN DAYS OF WALRUSES til publication of #DeathOnIce by
@faberbooks.bsky.social: day nine!
Albrecht Dürer's walrus from 1521, held in the British Museum, is justly famous, partly because the walrus appears crazed with bloodlust.
Are the walruses in #DeathOnIce also crazed? PREORDER TO FIND OUT.
@faberbooks.bsky.social: day nine!
Albrecht Dürer's walrus from 1521, held in the British Museum, is justly famous, partly because the walrus appears crazed with bloodlust.
Are the walruses in #DeathOnIce also crazed? PREORDER TO FIND OUT.
February 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
TEN DAYS OF WALRUSES til publication of #DeathOnIce by
@faberbooks.bsky.social: day nine!
Albrecht Dürer's walrus from 1521, held in the British Museum, is justly famous, partly because the walrus appears crazed with bloodlust.
Are the walruses in #DeathOnIce also crazed? PREORDER TO FIND OUT.
@faberbooks.bsky.social: day nine!
Albrecht Dürer's walrus from 1521, held in the British Museum, is justly famous, partly because the walrus appears crazed with bloodlust.
Are the walruses in #DeathOnIce also crazed? PREORDER TO FIND OUT.