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Exclusive Interview: “Japanese Notebooks” Author, Artist Igort

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date June 21, 2017
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Though he’s been writing and drawing graphic novels for forty years, Italian author and artist Igort has only had a couple of his books published in the U.S. Which is a real shame because he’s clearly a unique talent, both literally and visually. In honor of his book Japanese Notebooks: A Journey To The Empire Of Signs (digital) being released here in the colonies, I spoke to him about how it came together, his plans for a cinematic adaptation, and why you won’t see his name in the credits of a Spider-Man comic anytime soon.

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Exclusive Interview: Kangaroo Too Author Curtis C Chen

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Post date June 19, 2017
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007. Black Widow. Duchess. Secret agents always have the best nicknames. And Kangaroo, the hero of Curtis C Chen’s sci-fi spy novels, is no exception. Well, unless you don’t think marsupials can be sneaky bastards, that is. Though in talking to Chen about his new novel, Kangaroo Too (hardcover, digital) — the second in a series that started with 2016’s Waypoint Kangaroo — he revealed, among other things, that you might want to stick with calling his hero by his code name.

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Exclusive Interview: Mapping The Interior Author Stephen Graham Jones

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date June 19, 2017
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The stereotype of college English professors who write books is that they only ever write academic tomes or equally intellectual fiction. But University of Colorado English professor Stephen Graham Jones is anything but typical, as his new novella Mapping The Interior (paperback, digital) is firmly in the horror genre. Though as he reveals in the following interview, so is his syllabus.

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Exclusive Interview: Down Among The Sticks And Bones Author Seanan McGuire

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Post date June 12, 2017
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While it sometimes seems like people are taking the “shared universe” concept a bit far — we’re looking at you, producers of the connected G.I. Joe, Micronauts, and M.A.S.K. movies — there are some who still understand how to do it right. Take writer Seanan McGuire, whose Wayward Children series started with the main book Every Heart A Doorway, and now continues with the stand-alone prequel novel Down Among The Sticks And Bones (hardcover, digital). But in talking to McGuire about how the new novella came together, she revealed the clever way it connects, but also lets you disconnect it, from the main books in her series.

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Exclusive Interview: Slaves Of The Switchboard Of Doom Author Bradley W Schenck

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Post date June 12, 2017
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When we think about flying cars, robot sidekicks, and heroes wearing bubble-like helmets, we typically think of the 1950s. But while all of those elements play a part in Bradley W. Schenck’s humorous new sci-fi novel Slaves Of The Switchboard Of Doom (hardcover, digital), in talking to him about it, he said it wasn’t the ’50s that were his inspiration, but an earlier time instead.

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Exclusive Interview: Owl And The Electric Samurai Author Kristi Charish

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Post date May 24, 2017
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As an adventurous archeologist, the character Owl in Kristi Charish’s novels Owl And The Japanese Circus and Owl And The City Of Angels has often been referred to as “Indiana Jane.” But in talking to Charish and the newest Owl adventure, Owl And The Electric Samurai (digital, audiobook), she revealed it was actually one of Doctor Jones’ video game progeny that inspired this third adventure novel.

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Exclusive Interview: Life Would Suck Without You Writer Jennifer Preuss

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Post date May 22, 2017
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My friends Rob, Steve, Jeff, and Prabu have known each other since 1981, and man, the stories we could tell you. We won’t, but if we could, oh man. But we’re not the only ones. In her new memoir, Life Would Suck Without You (paperback, digital), writer Jennifer Preuss recounts some of the crazy real-life adventures she’s had with her girl squad over the years. Though in talking to her about it, she revealed that her original intention was not to write a book.

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Exclusive Interview: “Dangerous Ends” Author Alex Segura

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date May 16, 2017
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For people (like me) who knew Alex Segura as the publicist for DC Comics, his move into writing them came as no surprise.

Though for fans of Alex’s comics, his move into writing hard boiled crime fiction with 2016’s Silent City was probably a curious one. Especially given that two of his better-known comics were Archie Meets Kiss and Archie Meets The Ramones, and there neither rock stars nor Archies in what became the first book of his Pete Fernandez Mystery series.

But what seems to have surprised Alex about this process — as he revealed when discussing the third novel in this series, Dangerous Ends (hardcover, digital) — is how (if I may be so Godfather III about it) every time he thinks he’s out, Pete pulls him back in.

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Exclusive Interview: Eagle And Empire Author Alan Smale

Post author By Paul Semel
Post date May 15, 2017
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Two years after beginning the saga he started with 2015’s Clash Of Eagles, writer Alan Smale has brought his alternate history trilogy to a close with Eagle And Empire (hardcover, digital, audiobook). But while some writers plan out their trilogies to the last detail, in talking to Smale about this last book, he admits that while he did that to, not everything went to plan.