Diana Peterfreund
Diana Peterfreund has been a costume designer, a cover model, and a food critic. Her travels have taken her from the cloud forests of Costa Rica to the underground caverns of New Zealand (and as far as she’s concerned, she’s just getting started). Diana graduated from Yale University in 2001 with dual degrees in Literature and Geology, which her family claimed would only come in handy if she wrote books about rocks. Now, this Florida girl lives with her husband in Washington D.C., and writes books that rock. Find out about her other books at
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Zombies vs. Unicorns edited by Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier
Back in 2007, Holly Black and Justine Larabalestier got in an argument about which fiction creature was superior — zombies or unicorns. Spurred on by that debate, they each recruited some of their author friends to write short tales in which they present the storytelling possibilities of the two mythic beasts. With header notes for each story in which they discuss the historical background for the different takes on the creatures, Holly Black heads up Team Unicorn, and Justine Larbalestier heads up Team Zombie.
Writing for Team Unicorn, we have Kathleen Duey, Read More
October 5th, 2012.
Ruth Arnell (RETIRED)´s rating:
3.5 |
Carrie Ryan,
Cassandra Clare,
Diana Peterfreund,
Garth Nix,
Holly Black,
Justine Larbalestier,
Kathleen Duey,
Libba Bray,
Margo Lanagan,
Meg Cabot,
Naomi Novik,
Scott Westerfeld |
Short Fiction |
SFF Reviews |
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Magic City: Recent Spells edited by Paula Guran
Things you should know:
1. This is a reprint anthology. If you read a lot of anthologies in the field, you will probably have read some of these before. I had read three, though two of them were among the best ones, and I enjoyed reading them again.
2. It still has some worthwhile stuff in it, especially if you're a fan of the big names in urban fantasy (Jim Butcher, Carrie Vaughn, Patricia Briggs) and haven't read these stories before.
3. It isn't just "urban fantasy" by the usual definition (our contemporary world plus the supernatural). There's a sword-and-sorcery story from Scott Lynch, an... Read More
January 20th, 2016.
Mike Reeves-McMillan (GUEST) |
A.C. Wise,
Alan Dean Foster,
Amanda Downum,
Angela Slatter,
Caitlín R. Kiernan,
Carrie Vaughn,
Catherynne M. Valente,
Charles De-Lint,
Christopher Barzak,
Delia Sherman,
Diana Peterfreund,
Elizabeth Bear,
Emma Bull,
Holly Black,
Jim Butcher,
John Shirley,
Jonathan Maberry,
Nancy Kress,
Nisi Shawl,
Nnedi Okorafor,
Patricia Briggs,
Scott Lynch,
Simon R. Green |
Short Fiction |
SFF Reviews |
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Books by Diana Peterfreund
Killer Unicorns — (2009-2010) Young adult. Publisher: Forget everything you ever knew about unicorns… Real unicorns are venomous, man-eating monsters with huge fangs and razor-sharp horns. Fortunately, they’ve been extinct for a hundred and fifty years. Or not. Astrid had always scoffed at her eccentric mother’s stories about killer unicorns. But when one of the monsters attacks her boyfriend — thereby ruining any chance of him taking her to the prom — Astrid finds herself headed to Rome to train as a unicorn hunter at the ancient cloisters the hunters have used for centuries. However, at the cloisters all is not what it seems. Outside, the unicorns wait to attack. And within, Astrid faces other, unexpected threats: from the crumbling, bone-covered walls that vibrate with a terrible power to the hidden agendas of her fellow hunters to — perhaps most dangerously of all — her growing attraction to a handsome art student… an attraction that could jeopardize everything.
For Darkness Shows the Stars — (2012-2013) Young adult. Publisher: It’s been several generations since a genetic experiment gone wrong caused the Reduction, decimating humanity and giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology. Elliot North has always known her place in this world. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family’s estate over love. Since then the world has changed: a new class of Post-Reductionists is jumpstarting the wheel of progress, and Elliot’s estate is foundering, forcing her to rent land to the mysterious Cloud Fleet, a group of shipbuilders that includes renowned explorer Captain Malakai Wentforth — an almost unrecognizable Kai. And while Elliot wonders if this could be their second chance, Kai seems determined to show Elliot exactly what she gave up when she let him go. But Elliot soon discovers her old friend carries a secret — one that could change their society… or bring it to its knees. And again, she’s faced with a choice: cling to what she’s been raised to believe, or cast her lot with the only boy she’s ever loved, even if she’s lost him forever. Inspired by Jane Austen’s persuasion, For Darkness Shows the Stars is a breathtaking romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it.
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