The more we narrow the definition of beauty, the more beauty we shut out of our lives.

Any factual errors that remain are entirely the fault of Bob, who snuck into the offices at DAW to try to sabotage my book. I hate that guy.

Like any child raised on tales of magical worlds beyond paintings and mirrors and wardrobes, I had yearned to enter Middle Earth, to reach through.

I've found that there's a pretty wide range of silly. I don't want to do outright parody, because I like keeping my own characters and stories at the core of the books. And to be honest, I'm not smart enough to do the kind of wickedly sharp satire you get from someone like Pratchett.

The more we narrow the definition of beauty, the more beauty we shut out of our lives.

Every libromancer had a first book. Etched more sharply into my memory than my first kiss, this book had been my magical awakening.

New rule: every fantasy author who doesn't treat horses like tireless hairy motorcycles automatically gets a Hugo.