Hey folks- I'm popping out of the void to share this tidbit I found in today's Shelf Awareness newsletter (a daily publishing/books/bookstore- themed publication). Nancy got named as one of Mary Robinette Kowal's, the spotlighted writer of the day's, favorite authors.
An excerpt: ------------------------------------ Book Brahmin: Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of Shades of Milk and Honey (Tor, August 2010). In 2008 she received the Campbell Award for Best New Writer and has been nominated for the Hugo and Locus awards. Her stories appear in Asimov's, Clarkesworld and several "Year's Best" anthologies. She is vice-president of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. In addition to writing, Kowal is a professional puppeteer, and performs as a voice actor, recording fiction for authors such as Elizabeth Bear, Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi. She lives in Portland, Ore., with her husband, Rob, and over a dozen manual typewriters. Your top five authors: "This list changes all the time, but these are some of the writers for whom I have thus far loved everything they've ever written. Guy Gavriel Kay: I love how detailed his worlds are but he still focuses on the characters. While the language is rich it all serves the greater story and it's really about the relationships. Nancy Kress: I love the way she takes a big idea, like first contact in Steal Across the Sky, and shows us how it affects humanity by focusing on individuals. I find her work constantly compelling. Brandon Sanderson: This is a new addition to my list and I'm now a huge fangirl. He manages to write these sweeping epic fantasies in which you never lose intimacy with the characters. Any author who can make me cry that often gets a win. Steven Brust: I honestly think he's one of the best first-person writers out there. In his Vlad Taltos series, I really feel like I'm actually listening to Vlad tell the story. Ellen Kushner: The thing that kind of staggers me with Ellen's writing is the way she can deal with Big Social Issues but have it so tightly woven into the story that you don't even notice until after you finish reading that the story was dealing with, say, body image." ------------------------------------------ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
