So, as per usual, at Boskone, I met lots of cool people and learned about lots of great books to check out. This is at best a partial list, based on my faulty memory and what notes I managed to jot down. (Some of these I’ve read already; some I have not.)
People who were there:
- Cerece Rennie Murphy — Check out her Order of the Seers.
- Tui Sutherland — Wings of Fire series! Also The Menagerie series, set in Wyoming, written together with her sister Kari Sutherland.
- Hillary Monahan — writes both YA and horror; also uses pseudonym Eva Darrows (Dead Little Mean Girl)
- Carlos Hernandez — The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria
- Stephen P. Kelner Jr. — wrote Motivate Your Writing
- Brianna Spacekat Wu — head of development for Giant Spacekat game company; currently running for Congress
- E. C. Ambrose — The Dark Apostle series (book 5 just came out)
- Sarah Beth Durst — Journey Across the Hidden Islands and The Queen of Blood
- Ken Altabef — Alaana’s Way series
- Jeremy Flagg — Suburban Zombie High (which sounds fun) and the Children of Nostradamus series (superheroes!)
- Lauren Roy — Loved her Night Owls books (even if I flubbed the name when I mentioned it to her); haven’t read her YA yet
- Michael Stearns — Blood Guard series (written as Carter Roy)
- Robert B. Finegold M.D — upcoming urban fantasy including magic affinity based on genetic heritage, Kabbalah, etc. (Described it as “Dresden as written by Harry Kemelman”)
- William Hayashi — The Darkside Trilogy (about African Americans living on the dark side of the moon before Neil Armstrong ever sets foot there) and The Genesis Science Fiction Radio Show
- Susan Jane Bigelow — The Extrahuman Union series
- Leigh Perry — Family Skeleton series
- Juliana Spink Mills — Heart Blade (book 1 of Blade Hunt Chronicles)
- Margaret Ronald — the Hunt series (urban fantasy set in Boston)
Books that were recommended:
- Shadowshaper and Ghost Girl in the Corner by Daniel José Older
- The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
- On the Edge of Gone dystopia by Corinne Duyvis
- Bright by Ines Johnson
- Anything by Rainbow Rowell
- Tim Powers
- Andrew Vachss
- Charles de Lint
- InCryptid series recommended at one panel; October Day series at another by Seanan McGuire
- China Miéville
- Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews
- Nightside series by Simon R. Green
- The Bookmobile Cat Mystery series by Laurie Cass
- The Magical Cats Mystery series by Sophie Kelly
- Regency romances by Juliet Quinn
- Birthmark Trilogy by Caragh O’Brien
- Mapmaker’s Trilogy by S. E. Grove
- Atolia series by Megan Whelan Turner
- Star of the Guardians series by Margaret Weis
And, of course, what I should have recommended when asked about short fiction and other authors:
Feel free to add your own recommendations in the comments!
Edits because I am forgetful and a bad friend (No, I know that’s not what she meant):
- L.J. Cohen, a wonderful friend, excellent potter, and brilliant author. Check out her Halcyone series (SF) or Future Tense (YA)
- John P. Murphy, whose novella “The Liar” just landed on the Nebula ballot
- Bonnie Schutzman, friend extraordinaire, and author of Bad Fairies, a lovely paranormal romance set in Boston, under the name Alice M. Cole
My daughter just finished the 9th Wings of Fire book and can hardly wait for the next to come out in July. So I’ll double down on that set.
You might want to check out the Menagerie series too, then. And Tui was absolutely charming and a delight to talk to!
(And I’m going to be making sure my daughter reads all of these books, too.)
Hey! You forgot me! 😉
Now, how could I do that? I have fixed my oversight! 🙂