Leslye Penelope

Jun 1, 2024 | winteriscoming.net | Daniel Roman |Adrian Tchaikovsky |Leslye Penelope |Tara Sim

Summer is in full swing, and you know what that means: it's time to break out the summer reads, hit the beach, camp or other vacation spot of choice, and get lost in some fantastical world. Every month, we compile all the hottest fantasy and science fiction book releases hitting shelves in one place, the better to fuel your reading habit — and hopefully help you find some of your new favorite authors or stories. May had plenty of great books to devour and June isn't slowing down one bit.

Apr 1, 2024 | hachettebookgroup.com | Eliza Chan |Sylvie Cathrall |Vaishnavi J. Patel |Leslye Penelope

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Nov 6, 2023 | l8r.it | Joanne Owen |Alex E. Hay |Leslye Penelope |Colson Whitehead

Ducking, diving and irresistibly audacious conniving — there’s a reason the best-told heist stories are hard to resist. From the enduring popularity of the Oceans movies, to UK TV hit Hustle, heist stories typically offer an intoxicating blend of heady hustle, grit and glamour, often also mixed with a sense of revenge and seeking just desserts. And the same goes for on-the-page action, as revealed in this Collection of the best books about heists.

Oct 13, 2023 | readings.com.au | Melissa Lucashenko |Leslye Penelope

Each week our amazing staff bring you a sample of the books or music they're immersed in. Rosalind McClintock is reading Edenglassieby Melissa LucashenkoI was lucky enough to see Melissa Lucashenko in conversation with David Marr at the BookPeople conference. Lucashenko came across as fiercely intelligent, generous and funny, that along with the passages she read aloud from her new book Edenglassie prompted me to hunt down a copy. It did not disappoint, it is all these things and more.

Jun 27, 2023 | fantasy-magazine.com | Christie Yant |Leslye Penelope

As a Black woman and a speculative fiction writer, I take Octavia E. Butler’s advice to write myself into my stories seriously. My first series, the Earthsinger Chronicles, takes place in a secondary fantasy world populated by people of all skin tones, much like our own. The themes of the series include racism and prejudice, as well as identity, love, freedom, and community. And like myself, the heroines I write about are Black.