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Exclusive Interview: “The Dragons Of Deepwood Fen” Author Bradley P. Beaulieu

 

It’s always interesting to see who an author choses to center their stories around.

Take Bradley P. Beaulieu’s new epic fantasy novel, The Dragons Of Deepwood Fen (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), in which one of his two main characters is agoraphobic, while the other is a thief with scruples.

To find out what trouble these two get into, literally, check out the following email interview, in which Beaulieu talks about what inspired and influenced this tale…and the series it’s launching.

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Exclusive Interview: “Spirit Of The Wood” Author Kristen Britain

 

For Spirit Of The Wood (hardcover, Kindle), the latest installment of her epic fantasy saga, the Green Rider Series, writer Kristen Britain is taking a step back to give the backstory of one this ongoing tale’s most seasoned characters. In the following email interview, Britain discusses how she came to pen this character-driven short novel.

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Exclusive Interview: “Nightborn: Coldfire Rising” Author C.S. Friedman

 

Nearly thirty years after she concluded the Coldfire trilogy with 1995’s Crown Of Shadows, author C.S. Friedman is returning to this series with the prequel novel Nightborn: Coldfire Rising (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook). In the following email interview, Friedman explains how Nightfire connects to the trilogy, why it alters the formula from epic fantasy with some horror and sci-fi to sci-fi with some horror and fantasy, as well as her plans for other novels in the Coldfire universe.

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Exclusive Interview: “Dragonfall” Author L.R. Lam

 

On the surface, L.R. Lam’s new epic fantasy / high fantasy / romantasy novel Dragonfall (hardcover, Kindle) seems like it’s all about that hot human-on-dragon action. And it is. But as she explains in the following email interview, it’s also about false gods hating those who put them on their pedestals.

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Exclusive Interview: “Into The Vortex” Author Charles E. Gannon

 

With Into The Vortex (hardcover, Kindle), writer Charles E. Gannon is presenting the middle part of the epic fantasy Vortex Of Worlds trilogy he launched in 2021 with This Broken World. But as Gannon explains in the following email interview, this story is bigger than a trilogy…and the epic fantasy genre.

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Exclusive Interview: “Crystal Awakening” Co-Authors Andrew Rowe & Kayleigh Nicol

 

For the last few years, writer Andrew Rowe has been exploring the fictional realm of Venaya through the novels in his Arcane Ascension series. But with Crystal Awakening (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), he’s getting some help from fellow fantasy writer Kayleigh Nicol. In the following email interview, Rowe and Nicol discuss how this collaboration came to be, what inspired and influenced this progression fantasy saga, and their plans for expanding the world of Venaya even further.

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Exclusive Interview: “The Quarrygate Gambit” Author Marshall Ryan Maresca

 

With The Quarrygate Gambit (Kindle), writer Marshall Ryan Maresca is presenting the fourth book in his epic urban fantasy series The Streets Of Maradaine…which is also the fifteenth book in The Maradaine Saga…and also the third book of phase two of The Maradaine Saga… Yeah, it’s confusing to me, too. Good thing Maresca was willing to clear it up — while discussing what inspired and influenced Quarrygate — in the following email interview.

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Exclusive Interview: “Deathless Gods” Author P.C. Hodgell

 

Forty years after launching the Kencyrath novels with 1982’s God Stalk, author P.C. Hodgell is planning to end this epic fantasy series…just not yet. In the following email interview, Hodgell discusses what may be the penultimate installment, Deathless Gods (paperback, Kindle).

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Exclusive Interview: “Daughter Of Redwinter” Author Ed McDonald

 

With Daughter Of Redwinter (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook), writer Ed McDonald is kicking off a new epic fantasy series called The Redwinter Chronicles. In the following email interview, he explains what inspired and influenced this fantastic tale, and how it, and this series, will be different from his Raven’s Mark trilogy.