Back to the Indie Corner series I’m thrilled to talk with Jaimee Wriston Colbert again. In this Indie Corner, we explore her new novel How Not to Drown (written as Jaimee Wriston). We’ve chatted before at Dragonfly about her books Wild Things and Vanishing Acts. So when I found a […]
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Indie Corner – Anne Coray
Back to the Indie Corner series I’m thrilled to introduce author Anne Coray to the Indie Corner spotlight. As a lifelong Alaskan, place has always helped define Anne. Born in a log cabin on Lake Clark (first named by the Dena’ina Athabaskans Qizhjeh Vena), she spent her first two years […]
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Back to the Indie Corner series I’m delighted to present Claire Datnow as this month’s Indie Corner author. Claire was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, which ignited her love for the natural world and diverse cultures. Claire taught creative writing to gifted and talented students in the Birmingham, […]
Read MoreIndie Corner – Joel Burcat
Back to the Indie Corner series It’s been cool to meet Joel Burcat, an author and recently retired environmental lawyer, who has written a series of environmental legal thrillers. The first, Drink to Every Beast, was featured by Kirkus Reviews, Good Day PA, the Green Life Blue Water blog, and […]
Read MoreIndie Corner – Ian Boyd and Gary Luck
Back to the Indie Corner series I was happy to meet Ian Boyd and Gary Luck by way of their new children’s novel Melody Finch, a story about the hardships of drought in Australia’s Murray Darling Basin river system, as seen through the eyes of its native wildlife. Ian Boyd’s […]
Read MoreIndie Corner – Neus Figueras
Back to the Indie Corner series It was my pleasure to talk with Indie Corner spotlight author Neus Figueras, who was born in Barcelona and grew up in a small village among the vineyards of the Penedès region. If she wasn’t running through the streets or the open fields, she […]
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Back to the Indie Corner series Welcome to the third post in our new Indie Corner series. Today we talk with Dr. Peter Brennan, whose first novel, Iceapelago, was inspired by his keen interest in climate change. He chaired the Climate Change Research Group at the Institute for European and […]
Read MoreIndie Corner – Shirley DicKard
Back to the Indie Corner series Welcome to our second interview in the new Indie Corner series. This month we talk with Shirley DicKard about her independently published novel Heart Wood: Four Women, for the Earth, for the Future. I was fascinated that Shirley lives in the neighborhood of Gary […]
Read MoreIndie Corner – Esther T. Jones
Back to the Indie Corner series Our first Indie Corner welcomes Esther T. Jones, who has been writing stories in her head since she was five. She loves wandering the wilds of rural America–where she’s dreamed up many a story. When not writing, Jones can be found gardening, playing flute […]
Read MoreIndie Corner – Announcement
Inspired by Ursula K Le Guin’s speech at the 2014 National Book Awards, I’m happy to announce that Dragonfly.eco will be hosting a new Indie Corner, which will freely promote well-written and engaging ecologically oriented novels and short stories that have been self-published or published through small independent presses. Ursula’s […]
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