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Jen Williams

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Jen Williams lives in London with her partner and their small ridiculous cat. Having been a fan of grisly fairy tales from a young age, these days Jen writes dark unsettling thrillers with strong female leads, as well as character-driven fantasy novels with plenty of adventure and magic. Her debut novel, The Copper Promise, kicked off the Copper Cat trilogy in 2014, and since then she has twice won the British Fantasy Award for her second trilogy, the Winnowing Flame. Her first thriller, Dog Rose Dirt, was published with HarperCollins in July 2021. Jen has two upcoming releases in 2023: Games for Dead Girls with Harpercollins, and Talonsister with Titan. When she’s not writing books she enjoys messing about with video games and embroidery, ...more

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“Any institution that claims to keep women locked up for their own good should be watched very close, in my opinion.”
Jen Williams, The Ninth Rain

“There is, it seems to me, a certain type of man who is terrified of the idea of a woman wielding power, of any sort; the type of man who is willing to dress up his terror in any sort of trappings to legitimise it.”
Jen Williams, The Ninth Rain

“Don't be afraid of who you are.”
Jen Williams, The Ninth Rain

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Poll to Determine Fantasy Series to Start July 1, 2022

Winnowing Flame (3 books) by Jen Williams, starting with The Ninth Rain
 
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Soldier Son (3 books) by Robin Hobb, starting with Shaman's Crossing
 
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Riddle-Master (3 books) by Patricia A. McKillip, starting with The Riddle-Master of Hed
 
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Sharing Knife/Wide Green World (4 books), by Lois McMaster Bujold, starting with Beguilement
 
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Parasol Protectorate (5 books) by Gail Carriger, starting with Soulless
 
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Lighthouse Duet (2 books) by Carol Berg, starting with Flesh and Spirit
 
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“On the moon we wore feathers in our hair, and rubies on our hands. On the moon we had gold spoons.”
Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had.”
Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle

“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”
Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections

“I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't read can sometimes lack. I know it seems like a contradiction in terms; after all reading is such a solitary, internalizing act that it appears to represent a disengagement from day-to-day life. But reading, and particularly the reading of fiction, encourages us to view the world in new and challenging ways...It allows us to inhabit the consciousness of another which is a precursor to empathy, and empathy is, for me, one of the marks of a decent human being.”
John Connolly, The Book of Lost Things

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