I have to do more close research and fact checking for the science fiction. This is not however to say that writing good fantasy does not involve doing good research.

Octavia Butler, of course, is brilliant and disturbing.

For an author to show that only traditional male power and place matter is to discount and belittle the hard and complex lives of our peers and our ancestresses.

I have a better internal and intuitive understanding of folklore and myth than science and technology, so in that way fantasy is easier.

First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It's also about politics.

Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is.

I suppose if I was to have to pick a few, Ursula LeGuin would have to top the list. It was while reading her work that I decided I wanted to be an author.