Brad asked Michael J. Sullivan:

Hey Michael, do you have any recommendations for other good fantasy series you've enjoyed? I really like yours, and most of the other series I've tried since yours have seemed too dark. Thanks!

Michael J. Sullivan Hey Brad, I'm so glad you have enjoyed the stories...and you are correct the world of fantasy has gone pretty dark as of late, which does it make it difficult to find books like mine around. I'm going to give you a list of things I've enjoyed (some of which will fall into sci-fi as well. Here goes:

• The Legend of Eli Monpress by Rachel Aaron
• Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
• City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
• Blood Song by Anthony Ryan
• The Golem and the Jinni by Helen Weckler
• Uprooted by Naomi Novik
• Red Rising by Pierce Brown
• Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
• Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
• Watership Down by Douglas Adams
• Princess Bride by William Goldman
• The Stand by Stephen King
• The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey
•The Martian by Andy Wier
• Red Rising by Pierce Brown
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
•The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Some of these have some dark aspects but enough "good things" going for them that I still enjoyed the reads.

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Did you ever debate what your "author name" would be? I'm assuming the "J" is to distinguish you from other Michael Sullivans, but did you ever consider a variation of that or using a pen name?

Elizabeth asked Michael J. Sullivan:

Not that I'm eager or anything, but when will we be able to preorder the first Legends of the First Empire book?

Nada Al-Karmi asked Michael J. Sullivan:

Hi, I recently finished The Riyria Revelations series & I'm a Huge fan. I was just wondering, how did you come up with the Elan world with its history & Gods? I just find the fact that you imagined such a world fascinating.

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Hey Michael, do you have any recommendations for other good fantasy series you've enjoyed? I really like yours, and most of the other series I've tried since yours have seemed too dark. Thanks!

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Did you ever debate what your "author name" would be? I'm assuming the "J" is to distinguish you from other Michael Sullivans, but did you ever consider a variation of that or using a pen name?

Not that I'm eager or anything, but when will we be able to preorder the first Legends of the First Empire book?

Hi, I recently finished The Riyria Revelations series & I'm a Huge fan. I was just wondering, how did you come up with the Elan world with its history & Gods? I just find the fact that you imagined such a world fascinating.

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