Actress Mary McDonnell has once again returned to Dragon Con after a few years away. While she may always be Battlestar Galactica’s President Laura Roslin to many fans, I’m really enjoying her work on TNT’s Major Crimes where she plays Captain Sharon Raydor. McDonnell always brings a quiet power to the roles she plays, often embodying women who are commanding… Read more →
Eagerly anticipating Son of No One, the Daily Dragon sat down with Dragon Con regular and New York Times Bestselling Author Sherrilyn Kenyon to talk about characters, quirks, and teasers. Daily Dragon (DD): Son of No One, which will be released Tuesday, really crosses several of your worlds, was this always the plan? Sherrilyn Kenyon (SK): It’s weird if you… Read more →
Cary Elwes is well known to Dragon Con attendees for his iconic role as Westley in The Princess Bride, but this versatile actor has played many parts during his successful career: from Robin Hood in the comedic Men in Tights to Dr. Jonas Miller in Twister, Ted Bundy in The Riverman, and Dr. Lawrence Gordon in Saw. Elwes has been… Read more →
Author Gail Z. Martin has published several epic fantasy series and is now moving into urban fantasy. She chatted with the Daily Dragon about the ins and outs of her different series. Daily Dragon (DD): You just launched Deadly Curiosities, the first book in a new urban fantasy series. Please tell us about the book and the series. Gail Z…. Read more →
Nebula Award winner and former U.S. Marine Elizabeth Moon has published more than 20 novels as well as three short fiction collections and more than 30 short fiction pieces. Her latest release is Crown of Renewal, the concluding volume in the Paladin’s Legacy series. Daily Dragon (DD): Your website says you started writing very early but didn’t discover science fiction… Read more →
With varieties of speculative fiction cropping up almost as quickly as dancing Groot seedlings, an author well known for one species of tale may flex skills in another species (or genus) that is unfamiliar, strange, or even bizarre to already committed readers. What opportunities and challenges face an already published author when they make a jump to another genre? The… Read more →
Professor, Fulbright Fellow, think-tank consultant, scriptwriter, producer, fencer, rifleman, martial artist, husband, father, and best-selling author Dr. Charles E. (“Chuck”) Gannon is an incredibly knowledgeable guy who has published widely about the junctions where fiction, technology (especially military and space), and politics meet. His Tales of the Terran Republic including the Nebula Award nominated finalist and Compton Crook Award-winning novel… Read more →
Naomi Novik, New York Times best-selling author of the Temeraire series, appears at Dragon Con 2014 just as news spreads about Uprooted, her new stand-alone fantasy novel from Del Rey Books. Novik’s Temeraire series, beginning with His Majesty’s Dragon, flew dragons as a sentient air force during an alternative history version of the Napoleonic Wars. Its enchanting brew of… Read more →
