She was a founder member of the Write Fantastic writers' group together with Fantasy authors Sarah Ash, Chaz Brenchley, Mark Chadbourn, Juliet E. McKenna, the late Deborah J. Miller, Stan Nicholls, Kari Sperring, Freda Warrington and Ian Whates.
Her short story My Brother Jonathan was short-listed for the Ian St James award in 1999 and she appears in The New Writer magazine Roll of Honour.
They have cover art by artist Daniele Serra and Children of the Shaman also has internal illustrations by Evelinn Enoksen, who designed the maps.
[5][6] Rydill's first three books are set in the alternate world of Mir, with elements of Slavic Fantasy, but Winterbloom is the first in which part of the action takes place in the real world, in her home-town, the city of Bath, and features a number of historical figures from Dr John Dee to Aleister Crowley.
Her sister Sarah Ash, author of the Tears of Artamon trilogy, the Tide Dragons[7] series and many other works,[8] is also a fantasy novelist.