I’ve long been a fan of Jen Williams’ fantasy writing. She creates interesting worlds with characters who positively ooze character. That said, her second and current series, The Winnowing Flame, hasn’t captured my imagination as much as The Copper Cat, but that’s ...
Read More »The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams
It’s only natural that you end up comparing a writer’s new work to what they’ve previously delivered. Given that Jen Williams’ Copper Cat series was one of the most fun I’ve read in recent years, it was always going to ...
Read More »Breaking the Glass Slipper: Interview with Jen Williams
Welcome back to Breaking the Glass Slipper, our bi-weekly podcast on women in fantasy, science fiction, and horror! This week, host Lucy Hounsom interview Jen Williams. Jen Williams is the author of The Copper Cat trilogy: The Copper Promise, The Iron ...
Read More »The Silver Tide: Final installment of the Copper Cat Trilogy
Over the past few years, I have thoroughly enjoyed Jen Williams’ fun fantasy series involving a badass female sell-sword and her unlikely associates. The first installment, The Copper Promise was so tongue-in-cheek and action-packed I barely came up for air ...
Read More »The Iron Ghost by Jen Williams
The second installment of The Copper Cat finds our heroes in a more conventional narrative for a full-length novel (the first in the series was more episodic in nature). The characters have been well established and the world fleshed out so ...
Read More »The Copper Promise: Finding humour in dark times
Being an active networker in publishing realms, I have found that I come across new and interesting writers is relatively curious ways. For instance, I am a big fan of literary agent Juliet Mushens. Who knew agents could have fans? ...
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