Malorie Blackman won the 2022 PEN Pinter Prize, announced June 21, 2022 by English PEN. The prize is awarded annually to a writer of outstanding literary merit resident in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland or the Commonwealth who, in the words of Harold Pinter’s Nobel Prize in Literature speech, casts an “unflinching, unswerving” gaze upon the world and…

“I just hope I’m on the right side of history.” The United States of America is a crumbling republic. With the value of the dollar imploding, the government floundering, and national outrage and resentment growing by the hour, a rebellion has caught fire. The Revolutionary Front, led by Joseph Graham, has taken control of Salt Lake City. In a nation…

So there’s one day left on the kickstarter, and among the many stretch goals we’ve unlocked while bringing Digger back into print, was one where I said folks would get a sneak peek of the foreword. So I’m going to throw that up here today. But first, I want to show you the graphic that I made with Julia on…

The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers (IAMTW) announced the nominees for the 2022 Scribe Awards, honoring excellence in licensed tie-in writing. Nominees of genre interest follow. Original Novel — Speculative Rebels of Vanaheim, Richard Lee Byers (Aconyte) To Chart the Clouds, Evan Harker (Aconyte) Witches Unleashed, Carrie Harris (Aconyte) Oblivion’s Gate, David Mack (Gallery) Star Trek Picard: Rogue Elements,…

Violet Castro was born July 14, 1979 and grew up in San Antonio TX. She moved to Philadelphia PA to attend Drexel University, where she earned a BS in political science and history. Fifteen years ago, she moved to the UK, and resides there with her family, though she returns to the US often to visit family. Castro self-published debut…

The Locus Bestsellers for March include top titles Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James (Riverhead), The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (DAW), and Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury US). HARDCOVERS Monthson list Lastmonth 1) Dawnshard, Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 2 3 2) Memory’s Legion, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US) 1 – 3) The Atlas Six, Olivie Blake (Tor)…

Now that Farilane is out of our hands (audiobook and ebook released, hardcover with the printer and waiting for it to come off the press), we turn our attention to Esrahaddon (the last book of the trilogy.  For those that don’t know, it’s my longest work yet.  Usually, I write 110,000 – 140,000 words per novel but Esrahaddon is 275,000…

Want a Broken Binding signed and numbered 10th anniversary edition of Prince of Thorns?                      You can’t! There were 1000 (+52 lettered), and they’ve all gone. Do not despair! At the time of posting there are 85 of 750 (+52 lettered) copies of the Grim Oak Press signed and numbered 10th anniversary edition of Prince of…

The TTRPG game masters among us know that behind all the epic moments and fun is a lot of work—preparing characters, setting up the fantasy world, and then you’ve got to set up the story of the campaign after that. So in the interest of more fun and less work, we at Tor Books have put together a list of…