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Nina Allan Interview – The Rift
Nina Allan is one of the finest writers operating in the field of speculative fiction. Her debut novel The Race (2014) was released to critical acclaim, and was nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the Kitschies, and the John W. Campbell award. Her second novel The Rift (2017), one of Fantasy-Faction’s top novels of last […]
R. F. Kuang Interview – The Poppy War
Rebecca F. Kuang (writing as R. F. Kuang) immigrated to the US from Guangzhou, China in 2000. When she isn’t writing books she is a student of Chinese history focusing on military strategy, collective trauma, and war memorials. Her debut novel, The Poppy War, based on the Second Sino-Japanese War, released in the US yesterday […]
John Gwynne Interview – A Time of Dread
John Gwynne not only has one of the best author photos ever, he is also responsible for the critically acclaimed series, The Faithful and the Fallen. This year he has started a new series, Of Blood and Bone. The first book, A Time of Dread, was released in January of this year, and the second book, […]
Ruthanna Emrys Interview – Deep Roots
Ruthanna Emrys is the author of Winter Tide (2017), first book in The Innsmouth Legacy series, a wonderful subversion of H. P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1936). The series focuses on Aphra and Caleb, two Deep Ones who are the only survivors of the internment camps where the inhabitants of Innsmouth are shipped off […]
E. J. Swift Interview – Paris Adrift
E. J. Swift is the author of the Osiris Project trilogy, whose three novels Osiris (2012) Cataviero (2013) and Tamaruq (2015) explore a world transfigured by climate change, in a water-bound city in which the elite live in luxury whilst the have-nots live in poverty. Her award-winning short fiction has appeared in Interzone, and the […]
R. A. Salvatore Interview – Child of a Mad God
R. A. Salvatore quit his day job in 1990 to fully embrace his love affair with fantasy. Many of us fantasy nerds are glad he did! Although he scarcely needs an introduction, Salvatore is a New York Times Bestselling Author, selling over ten million copies of his books worldwide in numerous languages. From The Crystal […]
Brian Rathbone Interview
Born on a farm in New Jersey, International bestselling fantasy author, Brian Rathbone, proclaims himself to be a bit odd. From training Standardbred racehorses to working at a nuclear plant to helping build the Internet, he has done more than many would hope to achieve in several lifetimes. Yet this was not enough. Known most […]
James Barclay Interview
The last few years there have been a ton of new faces in SFF that we have highlighted on Fantasy-Faction. Today we will instead be speaking with someone who has been writing for longer than we’ve existed as a website and whose work has been featured here almost every year since then. James Barclay hit […]
James Lovegrove Interview
Before each interview, we at Fantasy-Faction like to tell our readers a bit about the interviewee, in case they are new to an author’s work. Today I believe we shall let said author, and his extensive catalog of works, speak for themselves. James Lovegrove is the author of over 50 acclaimed novels and books for […]
Josiah Bancroft Interview – The Books of Babel
The Self-Publishing Fantasy Blog-Off has introduced mainstream fantasy lovers to some amazing authors that we might not have found on our own. One of our favorites at Fantasy-Faction is Josiah Bancroft and his incredible Books of Babel series. You can read our reviews of the first book, Senlin Ascends, here, and of the second book, […]
Fonda Lee Interview – Jade City
Today we have a real treat for you! Fonda Lee, author of the Nebula nominated Jade City, is here to speak with us! If you’ve not read Jade City you are missing out. But fear not! On top of today’s interview, we have a review of the novel coming up tomorrow! But before we get […]
RJ Barker Interview – Blood of Assassins
If you’ve not see Fantasy-Faction’s Best of 2017 list yet, then you are missing out on some great reads. But lucky for you, we have the author of one of our top five picks here to talk with us today! RJ Barker is the author of The Wounded Kingdom. The first book Age of Assassins […]
