aliette de bodard

PL: I loved Fireheart Tiger and how many ideas it seems to hold. Can you tell me what was the original spark for the book? ADB: The idea seed was this young woman who had survived a palace fire–I knew she was some kind of hostage and had almost burnt down with the palace because everyone had...

This isn’t fair. Novellas are not meant to pack in this much to talk about. Fireheart Tiger is the tale of Thanh, a princess of Bình Hải, a position that has brought her more stress than privilege. The youngest, and therefore expendable, daughter of the formidable Empress, she was sent as a...

Picture Paris. Picture a place there by the water's edge, surrounded by buildings that have gone nine rounds with a very angry magician who cheapshots, and picture the interplay between guttering lights, prowling shadows, and the sheen of pollution on the water. Above the water, it is ruled by...

Blimey, its a long time since you put anything up here, you lazy git... I've been having a bit of a reading slump recently. Two very active holidays in quick succession, a new job, frustration with my own writing. And maybe not fully enjoying what I've been reading. But on Thursday night...

Imagine a Paris ruled by fallen angels. The city of lights controlled by creatures of blazing passion and power. Imagine it in the wake of a Great War, a place of faded elegance and damaged beauty and lurking danger. This is the world of Aliette de Bodard’s The House of Shattered Wings and it...