Author Interview: Arden Powell

Author Interview: Arden Powell

Author: CM Rosens August 21, 2023 Duration: 1:04:51

This is the final author interview (although not the final bonus episode) for Season 03. It’s longer than usual as we compare and contrast two of the author’s novellas in some detail. You can buy The Faerie Hounds of York and The Bayou from all eBook retailers.

Arden Powell is a speculative-fiction author and illustrator from the Canadian East Coast. They graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Honouring in English Literature. As a hybrid author they self-publish as well as publish with indie presses, and have had work accepted by literary magazines including Baffling Magazine and Lightspeed. Their most recent release is Flos Magicae, a historical fantasy romance series. A nebulous entity, they live with a small terrier and an exorbitant number of houseplants, and have conversations with both. They write across a range of fantasy sub-genres and everything they write is queer.

The transcript for this interview is available on cmrosens.com, and ko-fi.com/cmrosens.


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