1. Name: B. Sharise Moore 2. Location: Prince George's County, MD
3. Nickname/ Alias: B. Sharise Moore 4. Favorite Speculative Fiction Genres: Fantasy, Afrofuturism, Sci-fi, Horror, Urban Fantasy 5. Favorite Speculative Fiction Books: The Parable of the Sower and Talents by Octavia E. Butler, My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due, The entire Vampire Huntress Series by LA Banks, The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling, Wicked by Gregory Maguire, Vegas Bites: A Werewolf Romance Anthology by LA Banks, JM Jeffries, et. al, The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien 6. Favorite Speculative Fiction Authors: Octavia E. Butler, LA Banks, JK Rowling, Tananarive Due 7. Favorite Speculative Fiction Characters: Lauryn Olamina (Parable of the Sower/Talents), Anyanwu (Wild Seed), Damali Richards (Vampire Huntress Series), Professor Dumbledore, Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter Series), Legolas (LOTR), Gallah (Taste), Born (Taste), Jessica Wolde (My Soul to Keep), Yonnie (The Vampire Huntress Series) 8. Favorite Speculative Fiction Film or TV Adaptation of a Book: The Harry Potter Films, The Lord of the Rings Films 9. Topics of importance to you: The blurring of genres, speculative fiction writers of color receiving more exposure in the literary world, people of color on the big screen in speculative fiction films 10. Your views on how people of color are depicted in Speculative Fiction: Unless the work was written by person of color, people of color only play lesser roles. This must change. The world is quite diverse, speculative fiction should mirror this. 11. Your own published works, if any: Taste, Book I (Fantasy/Erotica) 12. Your web site: www.blaqmermaidpress.com 13. Your Speculative Fiction Pet Peeves: None 14. Memberships in science fiction clubs: Black Science fiction society 15. Anything else you think is important: I can't wait to share ideas with you all! B. Sharise Moore Author of Taste: An Erotic Fantasy Series, Book I Purchase the novel today! www.blaqmermaidpress.com www.myspace.com/tastefantasyseries "Art is a step in the known toward the unknown." ~ Kahlil Gibran [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]