We were talking one day about a wine and food expo that was nearby, and she joked that I needed to write a food-or-wine-based fantasy, to make that into tax-deductible research. LAG: I’m a wine nerd, and so is my agent. And, in the end they have to decide who they want to be, and what they want their world to be… and accept the consequences of those decisions.ĭD: What inspired this unusual magic system? The longer version is that this is the story of young people who, instead of the traditional life they expected, are thrown into a situation where they have to improvise and adapt to survive, and recreate themselves-and each other-in the process. Laura Anne Gilman (LAG): The short version is that it’s an epic fantasy trilogy about a world where magic flows from wine, and those who make that wine, Vinearts, are faced with a sudden and very dangerous enemy. She is currently working on her first mystery novel for Pocket.ĭaily Dragon (DD): Welcome back to Dragon*Con! Flesh and Fire, the first volume in The Vineart War, was nominated for the Nebula Award in 2009. She also has a short story collection available from Fairwood Press and has self-published short stories. She’s writing the Paranormal Scene Investigations series for Luna Books and the Vineart War trilogy for Pocket. Laura Anne Gilman is a Nebula-nominated author, a former editor for a major New York publishing house, and a freelance editor.
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