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4 days ago
5 min

10 Questions with Barbara Howe

Barbara grew up in a small city in the United States, where she was the first girl in her high school’s history to take machine shop—to t...

Nikky Lee

Sep 8
8 min

10 Questions with J J Mathews

James Jacob (J J) Mathews grew up with his nose stuck in books. Discover the story behind his sci-fi series the Taylor Neeran Chronicles.

Nikky Lee

Aug 2
9 min

10 Questions with Alf Fry

Writing sci-fi provides Kiwi author Alf Fry an outlet from work as a psychologist—and a way to challenge cultural assumptions in our time.

Nikky Lee

Aug 1
3 min

10 Questions with Nathan Rogers

By day Nathan Rogers is a software developer. By night he is . . . tired, mostly. But he writes as much as he can because he enjoys it.

Nikky Lee

Aug 1
4 min

10 Questions with Gareth Ward

Gareth Ward, AKA The Great Wardini, is a magician, hypnotist, storyteller, bookseller and multi award-winning YA steampunk author.

Nikky Lee

Jul 31
4 min

10 Questions with Robinne Weiss

Robinne Weiss is an educator and entomologist who has never been able to control her writing habit. She's published 10 books and counting!

Nikky Lee

Jul 30
4 min

10 Questions with Matt Norman

Matt P. Norman is a speculative fiction writer, whose debut novel is the wonderful, apocalyptic, zombie-filled Road Trip Z. Strap on in.

Nikky Lee

Jul 29
5 min

10 Questions with Nix Whittaker

New Zealander writer Nix Whittaker hails from the heart of the North Island where she lives and writes in the shadow of an active volcano.

Nikky Lee

Jul 28
4 min

10 Questions with Grace Bridges

Grace Bridges is a geyser hunter, cat herder, editor, translator, Kiwi, and current president of writers' organisation SpecFicNZ.

Nikky Lee

Jun 6
7 min

Talking Otori with Lian Hearn

I caught up with author Lian Hearn to talk about the inspiration behind her latest (and last) installment of her Tales of the Otori series.

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