• Sara Douglass: Voyager Author of the Month

    Sara Douglass was born in Penola, South Australia, and moved to Adelaide when she was seven. She spent her early working life as a nurse before completing three degrees at the University of Adelaide. After receiving a PhD in early modern English history,Sara worked as a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at La Trobe University, Bendigo, until 2000.

    Sara's first novel, BattleAxe, was published in 1995 and she wrote a further 19 books of epic and historical fantasy fiction, a collection of short stories, and two books of non-fiction. Three of her novels won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy and many were shortlisted. Sara shifted to Hobart, Tasmania, in 2005 and lived there writing full-time and restoring her beautiful old house and garden, until her death in September 2011.

    Sara's last book, The Devil's Diadem, has just been nominated for a Norma K Hemming Award and is now out in paperback.

    Devil's Diadem

    About The Devil's Diadem:

    A foolish monk stole the Devil's favourite diadem and the Devil wants it back. It is mid-twelfth century Europe and Maeb Langtofte joins an aristocratic household to attend Adelie, the wife of the Earl of Pengraic. The earl is a powerful Lord of the Marches, the dark Welsh borderlands. Then a plague that has swept Europe overtakes England and as life descends into chaos and civil disorder, Maeb is about to discover that the horrors she survived at Pengraic Castle were but a prelude to the terrifying maelstrom which now envelops her and all of her countryfolk.

     

     

Leave George Alone!

Here’s a belated link to a great post by Voyager author Peter V Brett in defence of fellow Voyager author George R R Martin (may he live forever). George, as many know, is not known for delivering books on time. But Peter defends his right to do so. Note humorous gif on Peat’s post re: Starks.

The topic of George RR Martin (GRRM) and his ever-behind schedule Song of Ice and Fire is one that brings surprising passion from both fan and professional alike in the SF publishing world. It’s a topic I’ve discussed with friends and coworkers, people I meet at conventions and industry gatherings, my agent and editor, and everyone in between. Like abortion or Britney Spears, it seems everyone’s got an opinion, and theirs is the only right one. Jump to why Peter says Leave George Alone! And stop emailing us about it. (No, really, you can email us, but you know what the answer will be)

And that’s all for today (but I always want to add that I love Jaime Lannister, best character ever – yes, better even than Arya).

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  1. [...] Online, the blog of my publisher in Australia, also got in on the action, as did Speculative Horizons, who did their own post on the subject, A Dance With Delusion, a day [...]

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