Mary Robinette Kowal – Novel = sold!!!!

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Mary Robinette KowalMARY ROBINETTE KOWAL (1969 – ) A past contributor to SFFaudio, is an American John W. Campbell Award winning author who is currently serving as SFWA secretary. Kowal is also a puppeteer (non-Pierson’s) and has just sold her first novel to Tor books…

Dear Everyone I Know,

I have sold my novel!

Tor books, the largest SF publisher in the world, has bought “Shades of Milk and Honey,” which is my fantasy novel set in Jane Austen’s England. I’m delighted not only by the sale, but because my editor will be Liz Gorinsky who is not only personally charming, but also the editor for some of my favorite authors, like Cherie Priest. Needless to say, I am thrilled and have to tell EVERYONE I know.

I found out on January 30 but have been sitting on the news until we finalized some details. So you can look for my first novel to come out in 2010. So excited!

http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/novel-sold-best-birthday-present-ever/

Yours,
Mary

I asked Mary what the word was on the audiobook version. Here’s what she said:

“the initial idea for this came from a radio serial that I was writing.”

There is also a good possibility of an audiobook.

Cool and congrats!

Posted by Jesse Willis

Mary Robinette Kowal and John Scalzi Readings

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Authors Mary Robinette Kowal and John Scalzi had a reading at Borderland Books the other week. Luckily, blogger John Nichols has a recording of the event.

“Nails in my Feet” by Mary Robinette Kowal |Link|

“Trip, Trap, Tripping” by Mary Robinette Kowal |Link|

“Evil Robot Monkey” by Mary Robinette Kowal |Link|

“Denise Jones, Super Booker” by John Scalzi |Link|

“State of Super Villainy” by John Scalzi |Link|

“Missives from Possible Futures #1: Alternate History Search Results” by John Scalzi |Link|

Posted by Charles Tan

Mary Robinette Kowal: Campbell Award Winning “Best New Author”

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Tor.comTor.com’s blog has posted a short |MP3| interview with Mary Robinette Kowal the newest John W. Campbell Award winning “Best New Author”! She’s not just the “Best New Author” (and thus the holder of the “Campbell Tiara“), she’s also a puppeteer (not the Niven kind), an audiobook narrator, and an audiobook reviewer (for SFFaudio). Über-congrats to MRK!

Posted by Jesse Willis

Subterranean Online’s SPRING 2008 audios: After The Seige by Cory Doctorow

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Subterranean PressA FREE audio version of Cory Doctorow’s After The Seige has just been added to the Spring 2008 issue of the Subterranean Online magazine. Doctorow described the novelette/novella as “optimistic SF.” When Doctorow was writing it he said that it took inspiration from his grandmother’s stories of living through the Siege of Leningrad. More recently, it was lauded with the Locus Award for best novella.

Subterranean Online Spring 2008After The Seige
By Cory Doctorow; Read by Mary Robinette Kowal
5 MP3s – [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Subterranean Online (Spring 2008)
Published: June 2008

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3| Part 3 |MP3| Part 4 |MP3| Part 5 |MP3|

There is also a different reading of the same story, by Cory Doctorow himself HERE.

Posted by Jesse Willis