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Conversations with Authors of Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Cover to Cover #350A: Amber Benson

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Interview: Mike, Mike and Lorrie talk with Amber Benson about Life After Buffy(tm)… being an author and the differences between working on solo novels and on the collaborations with Christopher Golden.

Amber also talks about how she wanted to venture into the realm of supernatural story-telling, but not following the typical tropes in current urban fantasy trends.

Her newest novel, Death’s Daughter, focuses on Calliope Reaper-Jones, the daughter of Death, who has to step into the role of CEO of Death Inc after her father’s kidnapping.

Cover to Cover #340A: J. F. Lewis

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Interview: This week, Mike, Lorrie and Mike chat with author J. F. Lewis about his “Void City” series, and how the popularity of the first book, Staked, was the catalyst for his getting kicked out of their church.

Jeremy recounts how his writing a vampire novel containing a strip club and evangelical werewolves raised concerned with his church’s elders, and how that discussion led to calls for his excommunication (and possible stoning?)

Cover to Cover #337A: T. A. Pratt

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Interview: This week, Mike and Mike talk with Tim Pratt about the newest book in his Marla Mason series, Dead Reign.

Tim talks changing gears and in writing his fiction, and changing names as a way to help market the Marla Mason books (to appeal to female readers more). Marla even has her own website, and you can keep tabs on her via Twitter!

Cover to Cover #329A: Jennifer Rardin

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Interview: This week, Mike and Summer talk with Jennifer Rardin about Bitten To Death, the fourth in her Jaz Parks series. She tells us about how the story and characters gelled, and how she wanted to go in a different direction than most paranormal tales have gone, working more with the urban adventure rather than the strict romance.

Cover to Cover #327A: L. A. Banks

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Interview: This week, Mike, Mike, Lorrie and Summer talk with urban fantasy author L. A. Banks, creator of the Vampire Huntress Legend series. The first book, Minion, came out to much acclaim in 2004, and the newest book out this year, The Shadows, is already the 11th book in the series! And yes, she’s working on Book 12, due out in February 2009…

Review: “Small Favor” by Jim Butcher

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Small Favor is a great read and I think that the Dresden Files books are a great introduction to fantasy/sci-fi for someone who doesn’t normally read such genres. It’s a P.I. mystery with magic with strong characters, an over arching plots as well as smaller story arcs that finish up in single book… mostly.

Cover to Cover #313A: Charlaine Harris

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Interview: Michael, Lorrie and Michael welcome Charlaine Harris to the studio, to discuss the newest in her Sookie Stackhouse series, From Dead to Worse. Lorrie has become newly addicted to the series, and Charlaine tells us about creating a world that melds real people with supernatural beings and abilities so smoothly.

We also hear a little about the upcoming HBO series based on the books, “True Blood”, and the excitement about the cast and filming is high.

Cover to Cover #307A: Jim Butcher

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Interview: Just about every show member who’s local to Phoenix dropped by for this one, because Jim Butcher came into town for a book signing. A very well-attended book signing at The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, since he was delayed there an extra hour signing books for folks.

Mike M, Summer, Mike S and Brian chat with Jim about the tests and trials poor Harry Dresden’s been put through, and possible expectations of future adventures in the wringer for Harry.

Cover to Cover #305B: Justin Gustainis

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Interview: This week, Justin Gustainis joins us to chat about his new dark fantasy novel Black Magic Woman. He tells us about Quincey Morris and Libby Chastain, and the investigation of an ancient curse on a family, and the larger scope that the story takes on as it progresses.

Review: “The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark” by Ridley Pearson

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What I will remember about this book is how the kids worked together to find the answer to what is going on in the part at night, and how they all became friends. I loved the sci-fi part a lot! How they made the holograms work and how it couldn’t do some things, and even though I don’t like young adult books too much, I really liked this one.

Cover to Cover #264: Charlaine Harris

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Interview: Michael, Summer, Brian and Mary welcome Charlaine Harris to the studio, since she’s stopped in Phoenix during the book tour for All Together Dead, the latest in her Southern Vampire series.

Charlaine tells us how she moved from writing conventional mysteries to writing what she calls rural fantasy, the building of the universe that Sookie inhabits, and working with the characters Sookie Stackhouse and Harper Connelly.

Cover to Cover #260: Jim Butcher

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Interview: Michael, Summer, Brian, and Evo are joined in studio with Jim Butcher, the New York Times best-selling author of the hot Dresden Files series, and the Codex Alera series. The newest Dresden files book is “White Night”, and the newest Codex Alera book is “Cursor’s Fury”.

Jim tells us all about what inspired him to create the Dresden Files series, and we have Laurell K. Hamilton, Cast A Deadly Spell, and the first season of “Buffy” to thank for these. We also talk about the television series adaptation aired on SciFi Channel, and the impressions made by rushing the show into and through production, and Jim talks about his hopes for a season 2

Cover to Cover #255: Tee Morris

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Interview: Tee Morris joins Michael, Summer and Brian live in-studio to talk about his latest projects: podcasting Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword, and how much fun he’s had getting guest voices for the story. Will we soon see a podcast of Legacy of Morevi?

Morevi started it all, and Tee holds a number of “firsts” for The Dragon Page, before it’s evolution into Cover to Cover. This is why he’s the guest that never goes away!