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Five questions with Rachel Heng
My favourite part of science fiction is the philosophical quandary at the root. After all, science fiction simply asks 'What if?' In Rachel Heng's new novel from Hodder, Suicide Club, she asks 'What if we actually achieved immortality?' Mortals have always strived to...
Five questions with Emily Devenport
If you keep up with new publications in the science fiction genre, it's likely you have heard of Medusa Uploaded. It has been popping up on almost every 'must read' list I've seen of recently published genre fiction. You may not have come across Emily Devenport before...
Five questions with Julia Fine
Julia Fine's debut novel, What Should Be Wild, has been making almost every 'what you should be reading now' list in recent months. Those of you who are regular listeners of the podcast know that we have a soft spot for fairytales and fairytale retellings (especially...
Five questions with Lara Elena Donnelly
With the second book in Lara Elena Donnelly's series The Amberlough Dossier published last week, we thought it was the perfect time to invite her on the blog! Combining spy thrillers with fantasy was a stroke of genius: a genre mash-up made in heaven. Why isn't...
Five questions with Jacqueline Carey
I am always on the lookout for standalone fantasy novels. Not that I don't love a good series, but there's something so very satisfying about a self-contained story. When I heard about Starless, the latest novel from bestseller Jacqueline Carey, I could hardly contain...
Five questions with Lauren C. Teffeau
Here at Breaking the Glass Slipper, we love to support new writers. I was trawling a list of 'debuts to be excited about in 2018' some time ago and came across the description of Implanted by Lauren C Teffeau. Not only did the premise sound fascinating, but I was...
Five questions with Martha Wells
The lovely Martha Wells was recently nominated for a Hugo for the first of her novella trilogy, The Murderbot Diaries. We asked her why science fiction fans still find rogue AI stories so fascinating, what it's like to write tie-ins for existing franchises, and what...
Five questions with Marguerite Kenner
This week we're excited to welcome a fellow podcaster, Marguerite of Escape Artists. We asked her what it's like to publish in audio, what kinds of stories she's looking for as an editor, and whether the short story form is leading the way in the move towards greater...
Five questions with Emma Newman
This week we're delighted to host Emma Newman: author, narrator and LARPer. Here she talks about science fiction, her writing routine and the lessons she's learned from penning a multi-book series. In your Planetfall series, you have gone for quite hard SF ideas...