Interview w/ World Fantasy Award Winner and New York Times Bestseller Fonda Lee, Author of Untethered Sky

04/11/23 • 31 min

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Jake and Ron are honored and thrilled to have author Fonda Lee on the podcast! Fonda Lee is the World Fantasy Award-winning author of the epic fantasy Green Bone Saga, consisting of Jade City, Jade War, and Jade Legacy. She is also the author of the acclaimed young adult science fiction novels Zeroboxer , Exo and Cross Fire . Fonda is a winner of the Locus Award, a four-time winner of the Aurora Award, and a finalist for the Nebula Award and Hugo Award. The Green Bone Saga has been translated into a dozen languages and named to TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Fantasy Books of All Time.
Fonda's latest, the novella Untethered Sk y (Tordotcom) is an epic fantasy fable about the pursuit of obsession at all costs. Jake and Ron chatted with Fonda about her creative process for Untethered Sky , her illustrious career and what drives her to keep writing at her level. Oh, she also talks about why birds are scary! :)
Fonda Lee
Web site: https://www.fondalee.com/
Instagram: fonda.lee
Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (Tordotcom)
https://publishing.tor.com/untetheredsky-fondalee/9781250842466/
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Interview with New York Times Bestselling Author, 5-Time Bram Stoker Award Winner Jonathan Maberry (Son of the Poison Rose)

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Jake and Ron welcome back New York Times bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award winner Jonathan Maberry! He chatted with us about Son of the Poison Rose (Book 2 of the Kagen the Damned Trilogy published by St. Martin's Press). Jake and Ron broke out their Hawaiian shirts to honor the legendary author of the Joe Ledger Series, The Rot and Ruin Series, The Pine Deep Trilogy, the Black Panther comics and so much more that you have to go to https://www.jonathanmaberry.com/ to see everything else!
Son of the Poison Ros e exceeds the action of the first book Kagen the Damned . It's cinematic and rich in characterization and humor. And, for those of you looking for a new epic fantasy series, but don't want to wait years for the next book then you are in luck! Book 3 is already finished and due to be published sometime in 2024!
Kagen the Damned by Jonathan Maberry published by St. Martin's Griffin
Son of the Poison Rose by Jonathan Maberry published by St. Martin's Griffin
I Say Your Name in the Dark Nights: A Story of Kagen the Damned by Jonathan Maberry to be published as an e-Book by St. Martin's Griffin in November 2022.
Jonathan Maberry
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Interview with New York Times Bestseller Kayla Cottingham, Author of This Delicious Death

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Jake and Ron are so thrilled to have New York Times bestselling author Kayla Cottingham on the Wrath of the iOtians! Her first book, My Dearest Darkest , became a New York Times and Publisher's Weekly bestseller. Her latest, This Delicious Death (Sourcebooks Fire) is a story about four best friends with a hunger for human flesh attend a music festival in the desert they discover a murderous plot to expose and vilify the girls and everyone like them.

Two years ago, a small percentage of population underwent a transformation known as the Hollowing. Those affected were only able to survive by consuming human flesh. The people who went without quickly became feral, turning on their friends and family. Luckily, scientists were able to create a synthetic version of human meat that would satisfy their hunger. As a result, humanity slowly began to return to normal.

Cut to Zoey, Celeste, Valeria, and Jasmine, four hollow girls living in Southern California. As a last hurrah before graduation they decide to attend a musical festival in the heart of the desert. They have a cooler filled with seltzer, vodka, and Synflesh... and are ready to party.

But on the first night of the festival Val goes feral and ends up killing and eating a boy in one of the bands. As other festival guests start disappearing around them the girls soon discover someone is targeting people like them. And if they can't figure out how to stop it, and soon, no one at the festival is getting out alive.
It was so much fun chatting with Kayla, and we are inspired by her! The future of horror is in good hands.
This Delicious Death (Sourcebooks Fire) by Kayla Cottingham
https://read.sourcebooks.com/young-adult/9781728236445-this-delicious-death-tp.htmlKayla Cottingham: https://www.kaylacottingham.com/Instagram: kcottcanThe Wrath of the iOtians
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