Charlie Jane Anders

1 day ago | reactormag.com | Charlie Jane Anders

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell is one of the most influential books of the 21st century—it looms so large, in fact, that it’s hard to believe it’s only been around for 21 years. My own novel All the Birds in the Sky boasts a front-cover blurb comparing it to David Mitchell’s masterpiece, something I’m super proud of. But lately, I’ve been thinking that Cloud Atlas has grown beyond being simply an influence and become something more like a genre.

2 weeks ago | libraryjournal.com | Charlie Jane Anders

. Aug. 2025. 320p. ISBN 9781250867322. $29.99. FANTASY COPY ISBN Jamie is a PhD candidate teaching and researching for a dissertation on 18th-century literature. She is also navigating the grief of losing her mother, Mae, to cancer as her other mom, Serena, hides from the world. In hopes of getting Serena to come out of her seclusion, Jamie reveals that she is a witch and begins to teach her mother how to cast the spells Jamie has used since she was young.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Charlie Jane Anders

3 nearly perfect science fiction and fantasy novels (washingtonpost.com) 3 nearly perfect science fiction and fantasy novels By Charlie Jane Anders 2025042712000000 We're lucky to be alive during a time when science fiction and fantasy authors are publishing bold, provocative stories that expand our ideas of how to talk about the future and the nature of power. This month, three new novels show just how much genre fiction is capable of. 1.

1 month ago | latimes.com | Charlie Jane Anders

Back in 2020, I faced the bane of every writer’s existence: a blank page, in an empty notebook. I was starting my first novel for adults in years, and I always struggle to find a way into the story. Except this time, I had a secret weapon in my back pocket: I’d written three young-adult novels, and writing YA had taught me so much — and given my pen a whole new lease on life. Don’t let anybody tell you that young-adult books are easy to write.

1 month ago | issues.org | Charlie Jane Anders

Rey Velasquez Sagcal Future Tense Fiction “The deliveries,” Vera says from behind the counter, “they just haven’t been showing up.” This story was originally published in Slate in January 2018. It is republished here as a part of the Future Tense Fiction project, presented by Issues in collaboration with ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination. Author’s note: I’ve only gotten more worried about mass starvation since I wrote “The Minnesota Diet” back in 2017.