Retired reviewer Robert Rhodes recently had a chat with Alex Bledsoe, author of the EDDIE LACROSSE MYSTERIES and the MEMPHIS VAMPIRES novels. His third EDDIE LACROSSE novel, Dark Jenny, will be available in print (Tor) and audio (Blackstone Audio) next week. Tor has generously offered a couple of copies of Dark Jenny for FanLit readers who live in the United States. If you’d like one, just leave a comment below and we’ll randomly choose two winners.
March 22nd, 2011. Rob Rhodes | Alex Bledsoe | Author Interviews, Giveaway! | 18 comments |
Ian Whates is a manically busy man. He has written dozens of short stories, published several novels, and has edited several anthologies. He runs his own publishing company, NewConn Press, though his work has also been published by Angry Robot and Solaris. As if that’s not enough, he is also a director and Chairman of the British Science Fiction Association. Ian’s novel City of Dreams & Nightmare was included in FanLit’s Best of 2010 list (read my review),
March 15th, 2011. Ryan Skardal | Ian Whates | Author Interviews, Giveaway! | 10 comments |
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Alan Dean Foster about his new book Predators I have Known. Mr. Foster is a highly regarded and best selling author with over 30 years worth of published material. He is considered to be a Grand Master of movie novelization. He wrote the official novels for some movies you might recognize like Star Wars, Aliens, Star Trek, Transformers, and many others. He is also the author of the popular Humanx Commonwealth novels, as well as the fantasy series Spellsinger.
March 8th, 2011. Justin Blazier | Alan Dean Foster | Author Interviews | 1 comment |
FanLit welcomes urban fantasy author Allison Pang to the hot seat. Her debut novel, A Brush of Darkness, was released in January. Today she chats with us about ballads, World of Warcraft, and whether it’s a good idea to strike bargains with faeries. Leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of A Brush of Darkness (U.S. addresses).
Kelly Lasiter: A Brush of Darkness draws upon the old faerie ballads, such as “True Thomas.” How did you first become interested in ballads,
February 15th, 2011. Kelly Lasiter | Allison Pang | Author Interviews, Giveaway! | 7 comments |
Joining us today is UK author Mark Chadbourn. Mark has a distinguished career as a journalist for The Times, a screen writer for the BBC, and a writer of award-winning fantasy. I came to know his work last year when Pyr sent me a copy of The Silver Skull. Pyr has a knack for publishing good-looking books, and this one in particular looked sharp with its snazzy Chris McGrath cover. The Silver Skull ended up being one of my picks for FanLit’s Favorites 2009.
February 1st, 2011. Justin Blazier | Mark Chadbourn | Author Interviews, Giveaway! | 17 comments |
Rebecca, who lives in New Zealand, recently met with NZ author Helen Lowe to discuss the release of Ms. Lowe’s second novel The Heir of Night (first novel in her series The Wall of Night). Read Rebecca’s reviews of The Heir of Night and Helen Lowe’s children’s novel, Thornspell.
REBECCA: What was the first glimmer of inspiration that you had that eventually led to The Wall of Night? To be more specific,
October 5th, 2010. Rebecca Fisher | Helen Lowe | Author Interviews | 3 comments |
For this third edition of the semi-regular feature Living With The Writer, we welcome our first husband to the hot seat. Today we talk to Dave Fenn, husband of Jaine Fenn who has two books (Principles of Angels and Consorts of Heaven) published through Gollancz. Dave is a rather private person, so we express our gratitude that he was willing to spill some details about his life with Jaine.
Gollancz have very kindly put up three copies of Jaine’s latest book,
June 1st, 2010. Amanda Rutter (guest) | Author Interviews, Giveaway! | 5 comments |
Today we welcome Skyler White to FanLit! Her debut novel, and Falling, Fly (reviewed by me) hit the shelves in March, and her second, In Dreams Begin, will be released in November. Comment below for a chance to win a copy of and Falling, Fly. Ms. Skyler will personalize and send a copy to two lucky FanLit readers!
KELLY: On your website, you mention that you’re involved in ballet and have a master’s degree in theater. Have your experiences on the stage (and backstage) affected your writing?
May 25th, 2010. Kelly Lasiter | Skyler White | Author Interviews, Giveaway! | 18 comments |
Another of Gollancz’s heavily promoted debut authors is all set to release his book Wolfsangel on 20th May (reviewed by Amanda). In celebration of that, we’d like to introduce you to M D Lachlan! He sits down and chats with us about research, Norse mythology, and whether Lad Lit is an appropriate genre tag…
We have a giveaway linked to this interview: three lucky UK readers can get their hands on a copy of Wolfsangel by leaving a comment for M D Lachlan below.
May 18th, 2010. Amanda Rutter (guest) | M.D. Lachlan | Author Interviews, Giveaway! | 18 comments |
Here we are with the second edition of Living With The Writer, a semi-regular feature where I grill the partners of those authors that entertain us with their speculative fiction. My guest today is a very special one: I’d like to introduce Deborah Beale (a name that may well be familiar to some of you), otherwise known as Mrs Tad Williams. Read to the bottom to find out details of some very lovely book giveaways, courtesy of Deborah!
AMANDA: A very warm welcome to you, Deborah, and thanks so much for agreeing to conduct this interview for the readers at FanLit.
May 11th, 2010. Amanda Rutter (guest) | Tad Williams | Author Interviews | 25 comments |
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