Bridget Tyler

Bridget Tyler asked Victoria Lee:

I love the combination of technology and magic in Fever King. What inspired you to build this cool new world?

Victoria Lee I'm a STEM Ph.D. student, so I love thinking about things from a scientific angle, which I guess is part of it. But honestly, at one point I was sitting around thinking about "magic schools" and how rare it is to see classes about magical theory and that kind of thing. And I started wondering what it'd be like if a world treated magic like it was a type of science, and studied it as such. And that led me to wonder...well, what if magic IS science, in a way? So the way that magic works in THE FEVER KING was kind of born out of that. Noam's power of technopathy (control over technology using magic) was just an extension of the kinds of magic powers that I think are really cool: the ones that have deeper, more dangerous implications than those immediately clear on the surface. Plus, I mean. Who wouldn't want to be able to control their laptop with their mind? :)

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coco's reading

coco's reading asked Victoria Lee:

Hi Victoria! I'm currently about a fourth of the way into The Electric Heir and am already an anxious mess - it's hitting so hard and in the best way possible. I'm curious about the preorder campaign you mentioned a few months ago on your website. I preordered the book and submitted a copy of my order, and I was just wondering how receiving the story of choice will work?

Tiana

Tiana asked Victoria Lee:

What was the most surprising thing you learned about the writing/publishing process while working on The Fever King?

Sam

Sam asked Victoria Lee:

Two questions actually 1. I heard there's a comic of The Fever King, but the links on your website aren't working. Is that still available somewhere? 2. I love Noam and Dara and also Carter. Will Carter play a larger role in the second book? The short story on your site from her perspective was great!

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