United Kingdom Age 29 April Grace has always lived in Milton Keynes and now lives with her boyfriend and, a few nights a week, his two cheeky sons. She has been writing young adult novels for twelve years now, which all started when she decided to write stories on Wattpad while she was supposed to be working hard on modules for her A Levels. (But … Continuă să citești Author interview 215 – April Grace O’Sullivan
United States J.D. Ruffin is the author of multiple bestselling novels, including the epic fantasy Kingdom War series. Ironically, he never really enjoyed reading until a friend loaned him a dog-eared copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Fellowship of the Ring. From that day, he was hooked, discovering fantasy authors like Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, R.A. Salvatore, Terry Goodkind and many, many others. As a fourteen-year-old bespeckled and befreckled boy, J.D. and his friends would gather … Continuă să citești Author interview 214 – J.D. Ruffin
Dublin,Ireland Age 40 I began writing in early 2001, mainly focusing on short stories. After winning the odd contest here and there I figured I would try and write something a little longer. A few false starts later I managed to complete my first novel, titled Filthy Henry: The Fairy Detective, in early 2013. I currently live in Skerries, Dublin, Ireland. A synopsis of my … Continuă să citești Author interview 213 – Derek Power
United States Age 27 C. M. Alongi graduated from Hamline University with a double Bachelor’s in history and social justice. She lives in an apartment in the Twin Cities area where she protects her furniture from her roommates’ two evil cats. Her first full-length novel Citadel comes out June 2023, and her epic fantasy series Blackwing debuts with To Kill a Necromancer in February 2023. Unfortunately, she does not have a … Continuă să citești Author interview 212 – Christina Alongi
United States Age 63 Somehow, after spending most of his life in the South, Ross Hightower found himself living in Milwaukee and loving it. One cold, snowy morning, not too long ago, he woke with a story stuck in his head. That wasn’t unusual, but what happened next was unprecedented. He wrote it down. That small story grew into his first novel, Spirit Sight. To his surprise, … Continuă să citești Author interview 211 – Ross Hightower
Sweden Age 35 Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author, Astrid V.J. was born in South Africa. She is a trained social anthropologist and certified transformational life coach. She currently resides in Sweden with her husband and their two children. In early childhood, she showed an interest in reading and languages–interests which her family encouraged. Astrid started writing her first novel at age 12 and now … Continuă să citești Author interview 210 – Astrid V.J.
Ormine Thompson is a passionate political poet and satirist. He also writes dark fantasy and enjoys writing about the world he yearns to live in instead of the one he presently occupies. In his writing, one experiences myriad and diverse characters of both sexes told in a rich, unique voice. The King David SyndromeJW Dawes’ billionaire father introduces the illustrious King David Syndrome to him … Continuă să citești Author interview 209 – Ormine Thompson
South Korea Age 29 Avery Carter is an independent LGBTQIA+ science fiction and fantasy writer, and author of The Moon Trilogy. Their greatest accomplishment (aside from publishing a few good books) is winning a city-wide compliment duel, or teaching one of their dogs the command “Excuse Me”. They proudly proclaim that they are the coolest person you know before quickly disproving it by talking too … Continuă să citești Author interview 208 – Avery Carter
United States Age 50 A classical pianist and marginal triathlete, Jeff Konkol is permitted to live in the sprawling home of four very large cats. He published his first tabletop RPG, Of Gods and Men, in the early 90s, and has been running games within that setting ever since. He recently returned to writing with the hope of sharing those stories with a wider audience. … Continuă să citești Author interview 207 – Jeffrey Harkin Konkol
United Kingdom Age 45 DB Rook lives in the North of England with his wife and two beautiful children. He is a drummer, a gamer, and a dreamer who loves to spend time in other worlds, as well as this one. He has spent recent years working in the charity sector whilst occasionally visiting the Wayward World to stretch his legs and feed his soul. … Continuă să citești Author interview 206 – Daryl Bishop (Author name: DB Rook)
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