The Dex Legacy wins the first ever BSFA Award for Audio Fiction

This is a huge honour. The BSFA Awards have a rich history in celebrating the best science fiction, and this new category will encourage closer ties between novelists, short story writers, non-fiction authors, artists, and audio dramatists. We are excited to welcome in this new era, and I can’t believe I get to be the first.

Page Chewing - Friday Conversation Ep 108 - Crafting Immersive Worlds: Behind the Scenes of The Dex Legacy Audio Drama

Join host Tim Hardy in a captivating conversation with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory, the brilliant minds behind The Dex Legacy audio drama. Delve into the dark and thought-provoking world of this political science fiction series as the co-creators unravel the complexities of super soldier development and the moral dilemmas it entails. From the selection of actors to the meticulous editing process, discover the intricate steps involved in bringing The Dex Legacy to life in audio drama format…

Review of The Dex Legacy Collected Scripts & Commentary by Tim Hardie for Page Chewing

“This book is an unusual one. Normally with book reviews, the book is the thing I’m reviewing but I’m finding that hard to do in isolation here, because this literary creation exists as part of a much wider interconnected web of short stories, ever-expanding audio-drama episodes and forthcoming novels. In my opinion, to fully appreciate Emily Inkpen’s book you really do need to experience the audio version of the show…”

Winner of What the Book Podcast’s Author of the Year Award by Popular Vote

With a landslide victory, Emily was crowned What the Book? Author of the Year 2023. So far she’s the only writer to appear on the show twice!

Catch an Interview About the Making of Season 2 of The Dex Legacy

“Join FanFiAddict's Frasier Armitage and author Emily Inkpen for a chat about season two of the sci-fi audio drama The Dex Legacy, the success of its Kickstarter, making season one vs. season two, working with voice actors, keeping track of numerous characters, imagining an audio drama while writing, Dex Legacy merch and more...”

The Dex Legacy - Season 2 - Funded

Following huge fan support, Season 2 was funded and studio dates booked!

Dex Legacy Prequel Story to be Included in the Learning to be Human Anthology by Flame Tree Press

With stories from open submissions and classic tales we examine the interplay between automation, humankind, and what it is to be human. The stories encourage us to think of human and machine development in the same terms. What is it like to emerge from childhood as an adult? What was it like to be at the mercy of elemental forces in ancient times? Are we truly in control of our climate now? Are machines the future, or a dangerous distraction? Are thinking machines inevitable? There's so much to explore in this fascinating new book…

The Dex Legacy Launches Season 2 Kickstarter

Emily and Chris set off on a brand new journey seeking funding for the first time…

TBRCon 2023

Emily Inkpen joins epic fantasy writers: Astrid Knight, Jeff Speight and Joshua Philip Johnson in a life RPG adventure!

FanFiAddict Interview

Could you tell us a little bit about the show? If you had to sum it up in a few words, what would they be?

Twisty, dark and relentless… and hopefully intriguing and a bit addictive too. 

FantasyCon 2022

Panels:

Putting the Science in Science Fiction - with Allen Stroud (m), Emily Inkpen, Stewart Hotston, Kevin Elliott, and John Dodd

Writing in Collaboration - with Emily Inkpen (m), Gary Couzens, Cheryl Morgan, LR Lam, and Farah Mendlesohn

Writing for Audio - with Emily Inkpen (m), Farah Mendlesohn, Maura McHugh, and Somto Ihezue

FanFiAddict - Feature - The Dex Legacy

The first thing that struck me as I listened to these episodes was just how deep this world goes. There’s an immersive richness to the backdrop, environment, and politics of planet SP714 which pulled me in right from episode one. The stage on which this story takes place possesses layers upon layers upon layers, all just waiting to be discovered. It feels lived in. It feels real. It’s amazing.

The First Episode Of… Podcast

Writer Emily Inkpen and Producer Chris Gregory talk about their grimdark political sci-fi The Dex Legacy, war as a business, managing world building, the power of sci-fi, and our love for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Episode 42 - Emily Inkpen Interview

This episode I spoke to Emily Inkpen about her new scifi audio drama! She talks about the submission process, submission tips, and what makes your genre writing stand out. We had a great conversation for our last interview of February She Wrote.

Eastercon 2022 - Panels and Appearances:

• Flametree Press Book Launch - Interviewing Allen Stroud

• The Answer to Hitchhiker's Guide: Why Are We Still Reading This 42 Years Later

• Audiobooks for Everyone

Frasier Armitage Reviews The First Episode of The Dex Legacy: “The Bomb”

Each character deals with issues of accountability in one form or another, whether it’s the wisdom of building an army for hire, the killing of insurgents, the loss of soldiers, or the invention of a country-ending bomb. The episode succeeds in raising questions without dishing out easy answers.

Overall, this episode made for an expertly paced, edifying listen, abounding in depth. There’s a lot to relish. Put simply: It’s the bomb.

Bob the Alien interviews… Emily Inkpen - by Paul Arvidson

Bob: I’m pleased to discover that your series the Dex Legacy is about ‘the other’ and what it means to be human, or not. Want to tell us a little about that and why it’s that you’re writing about?

E.I.: Well, as I’m sure you’re aware from your extensive brain probing, humans are fascinating. My book is about aliens, but alien humans. SP714 is a colony planet, so my aliens feel a connection to Earth, and throughout there’s this feeling of “looking back” for meaning while moving forward on their own. The stars of The Dex Legacy are at the forefront of this “forward thinking”, which would be noble were it not for their horrific methods.

Author Focus - Tim Hardy reviews The Dex Legacy

Emily Inkpen is a skilful writer with a vivid imagination. She paints stories using a vast canvas but they’re driven by her characters and their interactions. Whilst likeable, Varian, Ren and Isra are also complex, damaged, ruthless and violent. They’re a product of the world they’ve been born into and, crucially, they also represent Dex Industries’ cutting-edge military technology. Whilst these stories feature action and adventure, they don’t shy away from the consequences of war and violence. This is dark edged sci-fi and it leaves you with something to think about afterwards.

The Dex Legacy Audio Drama Launch

The full cast audio drama production, set 11 years before the start of book 1, The Blood Road, follows the stars of the novel as they navigate their teen years. Following key events in the world and in their lives, the series examines the reality of growing up as the most valuable assets ever constructed by the munitions empire, Dex Industries.

Limitless Possibilities: The SFF Stories of Emily Inkpen

Sci-fi author, scriptwriter, poet and general word nerd, Emily Inkpen is obsessed with putting all the right words in the right order in every story she inks. In her most recently penned tales from planet SP714, the setting for The Dex Legacy series, the forthcoming sci-fi audio podcast, she explores the limitless possibilities of fantasy and sci-fi story crafting.

Emily Inkpen Joins the BSFA as Social Media Officer

Fantasycon 2021

Panel appearances:

• Neurodivergency - 11:30 - 12:30 Saturday 25th

• Dungeons & Disorderly - 21:30 - Late Saturday 25th

Lavecon 2021

Panel appearance: Writing Audio Experiences

Chair: Allen Stroud
- Chris Jarvis
- Fiona Thraille
- Karim C Kronfli
- Emily Inkpen

Lavecon 2021

Panel appearance: Games Writing Experiences

Chair: Allen Stroud
- Chris Jarvis
- John Stabler
- Darren Grey
- Emily Inkpen

A Conversation With Antuan Vance - Emily Inkpen Appears as a Guest on the YouTube Channel

Emily Inkpen, author of short story, The Dark (prequel to The Bomb, The Dex Legacy), audio drama, The Bomb (prequel to The Blood Road, The Dex Legacy), forthcoming novel, The Blood Road (The Dex Legacy), and more, joins us to talk about the many interesting details of her developing sci-fi series, The Dex Legacy. And, of course, our host can't help but to talk about Star Trek and gaming.

Teleport Magazine Publishes A Thousand Silent Feet by Emily Inkpen

Reprinted from this website by the online magazine, you can now read the full story on the Teleport Magazine website.

THE HUNT - An interview with author Emily Inkpen

Emily's sci-fi audio drama The Bomb was one of our most popular podcasts of 2020 and we can reveal that a follow-up is coming soon.

This interview includes extracts from The Bomb, readings from her yet-to-be-published book, The Blood Road, and ends with Allen Stroud’s amazing soundtrack!

GamesED 21 - Lockdown Pathways

Lockdown pathways: New hires share their varied pathways into games jobs

Chair: Ian Goodall, Aardvark Swift
- Kiera Rodway, PQube
- Jonny Lee, Wushu
- Matthew Lowe, D3T
- Emily Inkpen, Marmalade Game Studio

READY, PLAYER… LEARN!

Emily Inkpen is to appear on a panel at this year’s Games Education Summit:

Pathways to games in a pandemic: New hires into games studios share how they transitioned into their jobs.

Join leading game studios and educators on March 31st and April 1st.

Meet the writer series Part 3 – Emily Inkpen

Emily is a copywriter, a storyteller and an avid gamer. She has far more talent that I can possibly capture below and please make sure you visit her website...

1- What inspired you to start writing? 

I always lived in imaginary worlds as a child. I could play for hours and hours on my own in these intricate universes I’d created and I held it all in my head… like, years of story…

MCV/DEVELOP

Joining the games industry post-COVID

…this has hardly been the first year any of us had hoped for, I’m sure. If people had known their first year in the industry would be like this, would they still have joined?

Emily Inkpen, who joined Marmalade Game Studios as a copywriter in April 2020 says: “Yes! Hands down, I’m home.”

LOCUS Magazine

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING - Milestones - Emily Inkpen is now represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency.