I am sitting here shocked tonight.
Ralph Vicinanza, power literary agent for writers like Stephen King, Peter Straub, Connie Willis, Robin Hobb, and many others, died Sunday of a cerebral aneurysm at the age of 60 years old.
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connie willis
I’ve already gushed about Connie in our Doomsday Book post, so I’ll just let Anne Groell (Spectra Senior Editor) and Connie herself talk about another one of my favorite books, To Say Nothing of the Dog.
“The first science fiction book I read was Robert A. Heinlein’s Have Space Suit–Will Travel, and in the first chapter [...]
Read MoreEighteen years ago readers got lucky–Connie Willis brought us the wonderful Doomsday Book, a novel that would go on to win both the Nebula and Hugo Awards. Time-traveling, the plague, and Connie’s trademark wit–it was a brilliant combination that I will admit blew me away when I read it.
It also introduced us to Colin, [...]
Twenty-three years ago, Spectra published LINCOLN’S DREAMS, by Connie Willis, which would go on to win the John W. Campbell Award. Connie happily talks about her experience working on the book and being a part of the Spectra family, and her editor for the book, Shawna McCarthy, discusses what it was like working with [...]
Read MoreConnie Willis’s new book BLACKOUT is in stores now and has got people talking! Connie’s been touring the country talking about the book, fielding questions from fans, and musing about the writerly life. So that more folks can read Connie’s observations, we thought it’d be great to give her a forum here on Suvudu. Look [...]
Read MoreBLACKOUT by Connie Willis releases today. It’s a fabulous novel about time-traveling historians from Oxford who go back in time to study World War II, and get stuck in the past. The book is full of great historical detail, along with some very harrowing scenes of bombs falling across London during the Blitz.
Listen [...]
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