A List of LGBTQIA+ SFF Authors for Pride
Jennie Ivins
June is Pride Month! And we at Fantasy-Faction are celebrating our favorite LGBTQIA+ authors in SFF! I’ve grouped them by genre, and we hope you can find your next favorite…
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The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
L. A. Young
Fans and readers of epic fantasy are familiar with the trope of one or more protagonists embarking on a quest to save the world, the empire, the country, etc. Historical…
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
JC Kang
Like much of the fantasy book world, I was surprised to find out that audiobook narrator extraordinaire Travis Baldree would be releasing a fantasy novel he wrote himself. I’d loved…
Mermicide by Mina Rose
Richard Marpole
Elevator Pitch: Mermicide is the story of a queer romance between an innocent, psychologically damaged young woman, and a seemingly ageless, predatory mermaid. Also featuring wicked science, brutal violence, and…
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Mulan meets Swordsman 2. As a mostly-audiobook consumer with little time to actually read, it had taken me two weeks to finish Nghi Vo’s short novella, Empress of Salt and…
Big List of Julia’s Favourite Amazing Female SFF Authors
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
If you know me, then you know Women in SFF is a topic I am rather passionate about. Some years back, I was prompted to look closely at my SFF…
An Incomplete List of Women Writing in SFF
*Disclaimer* This is, as the title says, an incomplete list. I have tried to put each author in every subgenre they write in. It is very probable there are glaring…
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
Reviewer’s Note: Upon finishing this novella, which took six days the first time around, I immediately wrote an initial review where I rated it 6/10 stars. Then, I re-read it,…
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart – Spoiler Free Review
Pippa
The Bone Shard Daughter is the first book in The Drowning Empire trilogy and marks Andrea Stewart’s debut into epic fantasy. It is a multi-perspective story set in a fictional…
Recommendations for SFF Authors of Various Identities
Today’s society claims to be “woke” when it comes to the need for diversity, except we all know that isn’t true. The prejudice and bigotry presented on the news and…