News and Links

  • I recently had a lovely talk with The Bestseller Experiment about the steps of the editing process on their podcast. Teaser here!
  • THE DEFIANT HEIR was nominated for a Stabby Award! See the nominees here.
  • THE TETHERED MAGE appeared in the Favorite Book Not Published in 2018 category of Paul Weimer’s lovely Best of 2018 post on Skiffy and Fanty!
  • NEW TRILOGY: Orbit Books will be publishing my second trilogy, set in the world of Swords & Fire! Read the announcement here!
  • Espresso Coco included THE TETHERED MAGE in their Books of the Year (Fantasy) post for 2018!
  • THE TETHERED MAGE was shortlisted for a BookNest Fantasy Award for Best Debut novel! You can vote for the winner until October 31!
  • THE DEFIANT HEIR appears in this BookRiot list of 20 books that put the F/F in SF/F!
  • THE TETHERED MAGE was shortlisted for a Morningstar Award!!! You can vote on the Gemmell Awards (including the Morningstar) here.
  • THE DEFIANT HEIR is out now in the US! (April 26 in the UK.)
  • I did a guest post at Fantasy Cafe about swordfighting in ballgowns for their Women in SFF month.
  • THE TETHERED MAGE is on this great list of 10 books for Harry Potter fans from PopSugar!
  • THE DEFIANT HEIR is on this amazing list from Tor.com of 15 books to look forward to this spring!
  • The Library Ladies published this lovely review of THE DEFIANT HEIR (and are doing a giveaway of a rare ARC!).
  • Rowenna Miller (author of TORN) and I did a joint interview with BookPage on fighting in ballgowns and more!
  • I did a fun interview with Girls in Capes for International Women’s Day.
  • THE TETHERED MAGE has been longlisted for a Gemmell Award! (And its cover, too!) I am incredibly honored to find THE TETHERED MAGE on the list for a Morningstar Award, along with many other amazing debut authors.
  • Kirkus posted this article by Thea James on sequels in 2018, inspired by THE DEFIANT HEIR.
  • The Fantasy Hive included THE DEFIANT HEIR on their list of most anticipated fantasy books of 2018!
  • You and I Books included THE TETHERED MAGE in their list of the top 20 fantasy books read in 2017!
  • Jana Runneck did this incredible fan art for THE TETHERED MAGE. I am totally going to move this link to an Art And Cool Stuff page soon, but for now, go look at it! It’s wonderful!
  • Book Geeks Uncompromised interviewed me on their podcast about THE TETHERED MAGE.
  • I recently did a Reddit AMA with the other Orbit debut authors, and it was great fun, full of silliness and writing advice.
  • Here’s an interview where I rave about Fullmetal Alchemist and talk about the Venetian influences on THE TETHERED MAGE at Tor.com.
  • Upcoming signing at the Prudential Center Barnes & Noble in Boston on 1/23/18.
  • I did a guest post on the B&N science fiction & fantasy blog about reading for entertainment being super important and awesome.
  • Bookish picked THE TETHERED MAGE as one of the week’s hottest releases!
  • Great interview about THE TETHERED MAGE with SciFiNow.
  • I did a fun interview with The Qwillery here.
  • Here’s a short video interview about THE TETHERED MAGE I did at the Orbit offices.
  • I am super excited to announce a joint event with S. A. Chakraborty (author of THE CITY OF BRASS) on 11/16/17 at 7 PM at Brookline Booksmith!
  • I talk mages, writing, and world building with Stephen Aryan, author of MAGEBORN and the Battlemage series, in this audio interview.
  • Here’s a video introducing Orbit’s debut authors for 2017! Hear us talk about our books, our lives, the zombie apocalypse, that sort of thing.

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