Marie Brennan Quote
Utopias bore me. I'm interested in constructing messy, complicated societies that are full of flaws and then saying, ooh, this is interesting, let's see what happens if I poke it here. And concurrently with this and the previous point, I'm interested in making up cultures that are different
Marie Brennan
Utopias bore me. I'm interested in constructing messy, complicated societies that are full of flaws and then saying, ooh, this is interesting, let's see what happens if I poke it here. And concurrently with this and the previous point, I'm interested in making up cultures that are different
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About Marie Brennan
Marie Brennan is the pseudonym of Bryn Neuenschwander, an American fantasy author. Her works include the Doppelganger duology (Doppelganger and its sequel Warrior and Witch); the Onyx Court series; the Memoirs of Lady Trent series; and numerous short stories.
The first of the Onyx Court novels, Midnight Never Come, published on May 1, 2008 in the United Kingdom, and June 1, 2008 in the United States, received a four star-review from SFX. The Lady Trent series was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Series in 2018.
As an undergraduate at Harvard University, Neuenschwander served as co-chair of the Harvard–Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. After graduating from Harvard, she pursued graduate studies at Indiana University Bloomington, studying folklore and anthropology; in 2008 she left graduate school without completing her PhD in order to pursue writing full-time.
The first of the Onyx Court novels, Midnight Never Come, published on May 1, 2008 in the United Kingdom, and June 1, 2008 in the United States, received a four star-review from SFX. The Lady Trent series was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Series in 2018.
As an undergraduate at Harvard University, Neuenschwander served as co-chair of the Harvard–Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. After graduating from Harvard, she pursued graduate studies at Indiana University Bloomington, studying folklore and anthropology; in 2008 she left graduate school without completing her PhD in order to pursue writing full-time.