Women in SF&F Month: Fran Wilde
Today I’m delighted to welcome fantasy and science fiction author Fran Wilde! Her debut novel, Updraft, won the Andre Norton Award, received the Compton Crook Award, and was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novel. It’s followed by the second book in the Bone Universe trilogy, Cloudbound, with the third book, Horizon, following in September 2017. She’s also the author of several short stories and the novelette “The Jewel and Her Lapidary,” a finalist for both this year’s Hugo Award […]
Women in SF&F Month: Final Week Schedule & Week 3 Summary
It’s hard to believe the month has flown by this quickly, but the third week has come to an end—thank you so much to all of last week’s guests! Before announcing the guests for the last week of April, here’s a brief summary of last week’s essays in case you missed any of them: Katherine Arden (The Bear and the Nightingale, The Girl in The Tower [2018]) discussed heroines—realizing they didn’t do anything in the older books she read in […]
Epic Fantasy Book Giveaway: The Empire’s Ghost by Isabelle Steiger
Courtesy of St. Martin’s Press, I have a copy of The Empire’s Ghost by Isabelle Steiger to give away! This debut novel—also the first book in a new epic fantasy series!—will be released in hardcover and ebook on May 16. Those from the US and Canada are eligible to win; more details on the book and giveaway are below. ABOUT THE EMPIRE’S GHOST (Read an Excerpt): Isabelle Steiger has crafted a powerful and masterful debut with The Empire’s Ghost, the […]
Women in SF&F Month: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Today I’m thrilled to welcome Hugo Award-winning author and editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch! Her work spans a vast range of genres and subgenres: science fiction (the Diving Universe and Retrieval Artist series); fantasy (The Fey series); science fiction romance (Assassins Guild series, as Kris DeLake); fantasy/paranormal romance (Fates series, as Kristine Grayson); mystery; and more, with many books under those names plus others! She is also the editor of the recent science fiction anthology Women of Futures Past, which contains stories written by women throughout […]
Women in SF&F Month: Leanna Renee Hieber
Today I am delighted to welcome Leanna Renee Hieber! Her lovely debut novel, The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, won two Prism Awards: one for Fantasy Romance and one for Best First Book. This book and its sequel, The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker, were re-released in one volume titled Strangely Beautiful last year (with some new edits and scenes!), and the Prism-Award-winning prequel, The Perilous Prophecy of Guard and Goddess, is being re-released as Perilous Prophecy in June 2017. Her […]
Women in SF&F Month: Sylvia Izzo Hunter
Today I’m thrilled to welcome fantasy author Sylvia Izzo Hunter! Her debut novel, The Midnight Queen, is an absolutely delightful story with magic, romance, secrets, a plot to foil, and two great main protagonists (plus one wonderful, outspoken little sister!). It’s set on our world if it had followed a different course of history and is followed by two more books in the Noctis Magicae series, Lady of Magick and A Season of Spells. How Fanfiction Made Me a Writer As any […]
