Journal

Grace Viall is joining us today to talk about her novel, (Mostly) Human Resources. Here’s the publisher’s description: Working in human resources was not what Alexys had in mind when she joined Entity, the private company that categorizes and manages the world’s cryptids. But after her dad was killed on the job as a Warden

Victor Ladis Schultz is joining us today to talk about his novel, The Book of the Jaguar. Here’s the publisher’s description: ​The legions of New Serraña have a sacred custom: when a legionnaire falls in battle, a member of their company must bear the body home to the dead soldier’s family. Álbaro Ceynos is the

Chris Gerrib is joining us today to talk about his novel, Gunmaker. Here’s the publisher’s description: Martika Clybourne is the new legal consultant for 433 Platinum Mining LLC on Gavin Station, a torus happily spinning inside the asteroid, Eros. What was meant to be an easy job is turned upside-down when she’s called to investigate

James Patrick Kelly is joining us today to talk about his novel, The Book of Bots. Here’s the publisher’s description: Hugo and Nebula award winning writer James Patrick Kelly has spent the last thirty years thinking about robots. In the twelve stories of The Book of Bots they take many forms. Some look like humans

Carolyn Ives Gilman is joining us today to talk about her novel, Testament of Leaves. Here’s the publisher’s description: ​​In the isolated thickets of a faraway planet, a linguist lies dead. Inscrutinator Shameesh Kulkarni must find out why. But no one wants to talk: not the prospectors searching for mineral wealth, not the archaeologists trying

M.A. Carrick is joining us today to talk about their novel, The Eye of Leviathan. Here’s the publisher’s description: In an alternate Spanish Golden Age, the Council of the Sea Beyond has risen to unrivaled power, exploiting the Otherworld’s most precious resources for their own gain. Estevan seeks to uncover their secrets, but he risks

Charlotte Cross is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Brides. Here’s the publisher’s description: 1884. When Mafalda journeys to Budapest to care for her grieving aunt, her secret love, Lucy, hurries from London to comfort her, with chaperone and lady’s maid in tow. But lady’s maid Alice, blessed and cursed with the

Clara Ward is joining us today to talk about their novel, Dream the Deep. Here’s the publisher’s description: You don’t need to reach Mars to reach your dreams. Robbed of their chance at leaving Earth to pursue green-energy innovations, Ryn embraces new dreams-fighting deep sea threats in conjunction with a giant cephalopod. It’s 2139 in

Suyi Davies Okungbowa is joining us today to talk about his novel, Season of the Serpent. Here’s the publisher’s description: The old world has fallen. Now is the time of serpents. The continent is split. The islands have sunk. The empire of Bassa is no more. With the resistant Nameless Republic and the conquering Kangalaland

Cindy Cohn is joining us today to talk about her novel, Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight. Here’s the publisher’s description: Throughout her career, Cindy Cohn has been driven by a fundamental question: Can we still have private conversations if we live our lives online? Privacy’s Defender chronicles her thirty-year battle to protect our right to digital privacy