By most reckonings, the three biggest names in the sword and sorcery sub-genre are Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, and Michael Moorcock. (There is some debate whether Fritz Leiber or Michael Moorcock coined the term “sword and sorcery” to describe the stories that they were writing.)
Jen Williams is a British fantasy author whose Copper Cat series, already a buzz-generator in its native UK, is finally coming to America from Angry Robot. Book one, The Copper Promise, arrived this week, with sequel The Iron Ghost slated for early next year. We took the opportunity of her books’ trip across the pond to talk to Jen about writing her […]