Four of our favorite authors across four genres (fantasy, sci-fi, horror, romance) discuss their go-to's when they need a brain break!

We encourage you to bring your thoughts on the subject to this virtual event!

We anticipate a lively chat and lots of interactive commenting in the audience Q&A to follow!

This event will be hosted by Fountain owner Kelly Justice

Malka Older is a writer, aid worker, and sociologist. Her science-fiction political thriller Infomocracy was named one of the best books of 2016 by Kirkus Reviews, Book Riot, and The Washington Post. She is the creator of the serial Ninth Step Station, currently running on Realm, and her short story collection And Other Disasters came out in November 2019. She is a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society and teaches in the genre fiction MFA at Western Colorado University. Her opinions can be found in The New York Times, The Nation, and Foreign Policy, among others.

KJ is a former editor, now a full time romance writer, mostly queer historical or fantasy or both. She blogs about writing and editing at http://kjcharleswriter.com.

She lives in London, UK, with her husband, two kids, and a cat of absolute night.

Martha Wells has been an SF/F writer since her first fantasy novel was published in 1993, and her work includes The Books of the Raksura series, The Death of the Necromancer, the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy, The Murderbot Diaries series, media tie-in fiction for Star Wars, Stargate: Atlantis, and Magic: the Gathering, as well as short fiction, YA novels, and non-fiction. She has won Nebula Awards, Hugo Awards, and Locus Awards, and her work has appeared on the Philip K. Dick Award ballot, the BSFA Award ballot, the USA Today Bestseller List, and the New York Times Bestseller List.

T. Kingfisher is the author of way too many books in way too many genres, including horror, fantasy, and the occasional weird romance. Her latest novel is A HOUSE WITH GOOD BONES from Tor Nightfire.

Uncommon Comfort Reads with Malka Older, Martha Wells, KJ Charles, and T Kingfisher