The incomparable Maya Angelou is this week’s Poet of the Week (in honor of National Poetry Month). She’s been a staff pick before, and she absolutely deserves to be again. An American author, activist, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, she published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books […]
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It’s safe to say that almost everyone has heard about Neil Gaiman. He’s written comic books, books, movie scripts, the occasional TV script… and he seems, lately, to be everywhere. He writes for all levels of readers, and he is quite prolific. Three of his works are on our Staff […]
What do the National Book award, the Locus award, the Hugo award, The Nebula award, the World Fantasy award, and the PEN/Malamud award have in common? All of them (some multiple times) have been awarded to the fiction of author Ursula K. Le Guin. From fantasy and science fiction to […]
Library Journal called Caitlin Kiernan “dark fantasy’s most quixotically brilliant writer.” Thanks the crowdsourcing website Kickstarter, Kiernan was able to fund a book trailer for her latest book, The Drowning Girl. Here is the publisher’s synopsis: India Morgan Phelps-Imp to her friends-is schizophrenic. She can no longer trust her own […]
With the first season of HBO’s adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones finished readers might try some of Martin’s other works. While Martin is known for his work in the fantasy genre he has also delved into science fiction and has been a frequent collaborator with many […]