Archive for January, 2012
Pierre Pevel 60 Second Interview
Gollancz Team: Gillian - January 31st, 2012
Fantasy, Interview, Pierre Pevel
In celebration of the David Gemmell Award long-lists being published, Gollancz is thrilled to be running a series of interviews-in-sixty-seconds with as many long-listed authors as we can get our hands on. Today we’re fencing with Pierre Pevel, the bestselling and award winning French author of the acclaimed Cardinal’s Blades trilogy which began with The Cardinal’s Blades (for which he won the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for Best Debut!), followed by The Alchemist in the Shadows … More
Tags: David Gemmell Longlist, Fantasy, Interview, Pierre Pevel, The Alchemist in the Shadows, The Cardinal's Blade's Trilogy, The Cardinal's Blades, The Dragon's Arcana
Posted in Fantasy, Interview, Pierre Pevel | 1 Comment »
Sarah Silverwood 60 Second Interview
Gollancz Team: Gillian - January 30th, 2012
Fantasy, Interview, Sarah Silverwood, Young Adult
In celebration of the David Gemmell Award long-lists being published, Gollancz is thrilled to be running a series of interviews-in-sixty-seconds with as many long-listed authors as we can get our hands on. Today we’re chatting with Sarah Silverwood, author of the acclaimed fantasy series The Nowhere Chronicles which began with The Double-Edged Sword, followed by The Traitor’s Gate which is nominated for Best Fantasy Novel 2011 and which will conclude this year, in style, with More
Tags: David Gemmell Long List, Fantasy, Interview, Sarah Silverwood, The Double-Edged Sword, The Traitor's Gate
Posted in Fantasy, Interview, Sarah Silverwood, Young Adult | 3 Comments »
Elspeth Cooper 60 Second Interview
Gollancz Team: Gillian - January 27th, 2012
Elspeth Cooper, Fantasy, Interview
In celebration of the David Gemmell Award long-lists being published, Gollancz is thrilled to be running a series of interviews-in-sixty-seconds with as many long-listed authors as we can get our hands on. Today we’ve caught up with Elspeth Cooper, author of the acclaimed fantasy debut novel Songs of the Earth which is nominated for Best Fantasy Novel 2011 AND Best Debut Novel 2011, and is the first novel in The Wild Hunt series which continues this year with … More
Tags: David Gemmell Long List, Elspeth Cooper, Fantasy, Interview, Songs of the Earth, Trinity Moon
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How I wrote In The Mouth Of The Whale- Paul McAuley
Gollancz Team: Simon - January 26th, 2012
Author Post, Paul McAuley, Science Fiction
In The Mouth of the Whale, like most of my novels, began with an image. In this case a gigantic cylindrical construct hung in the atmosphere of a gas giant planet, with spidery drones working on some machine attached to its skin, and trains rushing up and down a long spine or tail that dropped away into an ocean of clouds.
This mind’s eye picture had grown out of thinking about how to fit a couple of ideas together. … More
Tags: Gardens in the Sun, How I wrote piece, In the Mouth of the Whale, Paul McAuley, Science Fiction, SF, The Quiet War
Posted in Author Post, Paul McAuley, Science Fiction | 2 Comments »
Stephen Deas 60 Second Interview (2)
Gollancz Team: Simon - January 25th, 2012
Fantasy, Interview, Stephen Deas, Young Adult
In celebration of the David Gemmell Award long-lists being published, Gollancz is thrilled to be running a series of interviews-in-sixty-seconds with as many long-listed authors as we can get our hands on. Today we’re delighted to talk to Stephen Deas, author of two brilliant series, about his Thieftaker novels. The series began with The Thieftaker’s Apprentice, followed by The Warlock’s Shadow which is nominated for Best Fantasy Novel 2011, and the forthcoming The King’s … More
Tags: David Gemmell Long List, Interview, Stephen Deas, The King's Assassin, The Thief-Taker's Apprentice, The Warlock's Shadow
Posted in Fantasy, Interview, Stephen Deas, Young Adult | 1 Comment »
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