Interviews for 4/25
Paranormal Romance author Shanna Swendson (most recent book: Once Upon Stilettos) recently spoke at a Dallas-area library, and her remarks were recorded by the august Coppell Gazette Star. Oddly, she claimed "she couldn’t market the book as fantasy, because the industry sees fantasy as a male-genre." There are a small number of women writing fantasy, I guess, such as Sara Douglass, Jennifer Fallon, Lois McMaster Bujold, Patricia A. McKillip, Ellen Kushner, Patricia Briggs, Kat Richardson, Karen Chance, Caroline Stevermer, Lynn Abbey, Cassandra Claire, Cherie Priest, Mary Gentle, Violette Malan...
Fantasy Book Critic interviews the Dabel Brothers, who are adapting a whole lot of fantasy stories (including George R.R. Martin's "The Hedge Knight" and Laurel K. Hamilton's "Antia Blake" novels) into comics form.
...Kim Harrison, Charlaine Harris, Laurell K. Hamilton, Kelley Armstrong, Jane Lindskold, Barbara Hambly, Judith Berman, Sharon Shinn, Holly Phillips, Vera Nazarian, Catherynne M. Valente, Margo Lanagan...
SciFi Wire interviews Michael Flynn, author of the Hugo-nominated Eifelheim.
...Justine Larbalestier, Holly Black, Tamora Pierce, Angie Sage, Diana Wynne Jones, Patricia C. Wrede...
...Delia Sherman, Mercedes Lackey, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mary Gentle, Naomi Novik...
Sci Fi Wire talked to Vernor Vinge about his Hugo-nominated novel Rainbows End (which has also been nominated for the Prometheus Award).
...Elizabeth Haydon, Elizabeth Moon, Elizabeth Bear, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Knox, Lisa Tuttle, Liz Williams, Lisa Goldstein...
...P.C. Hodgell, C.J. Cherryh, J.K. Rowling, P.N. Elrod, C.S. Friedman, Wen Spencer, M. Rickert...
Publishers Weekly chatted with once (and future?) SF writer William Gibson, about his new novel Spook Country and his introduction to a new edition of Jorge Luis Borges's Labyrinths.
...Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, Rachel Caine, Tanith Lee, Robin Hobb, Jane Yolen, Jacqueline Carey, Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley, C.L. Moore, Carol Emshwiller, Joan Aiken, Kristen Britain, Carrie Vaughn, Ysabeau Wilce, Kelly Link, Barbara Roden, Sarah Monette, Nisi Shawl...
Comments
I would like to point out that the reporter misinterpreted what I was trying to say. It wasn't that female writers weren't allowed in fantasy, but that I was afraid that this particular book was too "girly" for most fantasy imprints at the time I came up with the idea. Considering that it was actually published as chick lit, I still don't think I was entirely wrong. All of the female fantasy writers I've read are far more action oriented and have less emphasis on shoes than in my books. :-)
Posted by: Shanna Swendson | April 26, 2007 10:33 AM