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Fantasy October 11, 2021

Capture the Crown

Jennifer Estep

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Today I talked to Jennifer Estep about her new book Capture the Crown (HarperCollins, 2021). Princess Gemma Ripley is famous for her glittering outfits, in which she flounces through countless parties and balls …

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Interviews with fantasy writers about their new books.

Fantasy August 10, 2021

Appleseed

Matt Bell

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
We have a collective memory of a primeval world embodied in myth. It is a world where spirits lived in the trees, water, and mountains, and nature was sacred. Was …
Fantasy July 14, 2021

A Master of Djinn

P. Djèlí Clark

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark goes full-length for the first time in his dazzling debut novel: A Master of Djinn (Tordotcom, 2021). Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is …
Fantasy June 8, 2021

The Wolf and the Woodsman

A Novel

Ava Reid

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Today I talked to Ava Reid about her new book The Wolf and the Woodsman (Harper Voyager, 2021) The wolf, in the title refers to a pagan woman, given to the dreaded …
Fantasy May 10, 2021

The Bone Shard Daughter

The Drowning Empire Book One

Andrea Stewart

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Today I talked to Andrea Stewart about The Bone Shard Daughter: The Drowning Empire Book One (Hachette UK, 2020). In a world of floating islands, various narrators try to achieve or avoid …
Fantasy April 15, 2021

The Frozen Crown

A Novel

Greta Kelly

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
The horror of the battlefield is fresh for Princess Askia. She’s just been forced to flee her kingdom, the northern country of Seravesh, where her cousin now rules under the …
Fantasy March 29, 2021

Taylenor

Anne Marie Lutz

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Today I talked to Anne Marie Lutz about her book Taylenor (Hydra, 2019).  Taylen is the designation for magical power in the world that Anne Marie Lutz has created: a power so …
Fantasy March 5, 2021

Across the Green Grass Fields

Seanan McGuire

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Seanan McGuire's Across the Green Grass Fields (Tor.com, 2021), a stand-alone novel in the Wayward Children series, a portal transports a horse-loving ten-year old, Regan, to Hooflands. Soon she becomes …
Fantasy February 2, 2021

We Could Be Heroes

Mike Chen

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
This quirky, offbeat novel introduces us to two people, Zoe and Jamie, who both have amnesia and super-powers. While Jamie is a criminal who holds up banks, Zoe is a …
Fantasy January 6, 2021

Emerald Blaze

A Hidden Legacy Novel

Ilona Andrews

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Today I talked to Ilona Andrews about her book Emerald Blaze: A Hidden Legacy Novel (Avon Books, 2020). Catalina Baylor is the titular Prime of House Baylor, where she and her crew, including …
Fantasy December 2, 2020

The Fires of Vengeance

Book Two of The Burning

Evan Winter

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
In order to reclaim her throne and save her people, an ousted queen must join forces with a young warrior in the second book of this"relentlessly gripping, brilliant" epic fantasy …
Fantasy November 11, 2020

The 19th Bladesman

S. J. Hartland

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
A rich and complex world of sword-wielding fighters and seductive sorceresses, written in percussive, lyrical prose. The 19th Bladesman (Dark Blade, 2018) first introduces us to Kaell, the eponymous hero …
Fantasy October 9, 2020

The Sisters Grimm

Menna Van Praag

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Today I talked to Menna Van Praag about her new book The Sisters Grimm (Harper Voyager, 2020)... In a set up reminiscent of the show Orphan Black, four feisty young …
Fantasy September 11, 2020

Beneath The Rising

Premee Mohamed

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Premee Mohamed's Beneath the Rising (Solaris, 2020) is simultaneously a far-flung horror story and an exploration of an intimate relationship. At the heart of this novel, full of threatening monsters …
Fantasy August 11, 2020

Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

Laura Ruby

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Francesca and Toni are brought to the orphanage when their mother suffers a breakdown and dies, and their father gets involved with a new woman. Their story, set in Chicago …
Fantasy June 29, 2020

Flyaway

Kathleen Jennings

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Flyaway (Tor.com) is a rich and simmering stew of vivid images, psychological tension, and dashes of horror which conspire to create an original and startling tale. The convoluted and intertwining …
Fantasy May 22, 2020

The Evil Within

S. M. Hardy

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Jim, our narrator, experiences a crisis of conscience in the wake of the possible suicide of his girlfriend. He quits his high-paying job seizing assets for a loan company and …
Fantasy April 20, 2020

The Heart of the Circle

Keren Landsman

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Reed Katz is in many ways an ordinary guy. He shares an apartment in Tel Aviv with his best friend, Daphne, works in a coffee shop, crushes on Lee, a …
Literary Studies April 15, 2020

George R.R. Martin and the Fantasy Form

Joseph Rex Young

Hosted by Carrie Lynn Evans
“In the game of thrones you either win or you die”––with over 10 million viewers per episode of Game of Thrones, one of the most successful television shows of all …
Fantasy March 17, 2020

The Immortal Conquistador

Carrie Vaughn

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Ricardo de Avila would have followed Coronado to the ends of the earth. Instead, Ricardo found the end of his mortal life, and a new one, as a renegade vampire …