![]() ![]() Why? Because he writes some of the most interesting, complex, flawed, and fiercely intelligent female characters of any author out there. Space operas aren’t my typical genre of choice, but I’m happy Max Gladstone lured me with this one. Leah Rachel von Essen Empress of Forever by Max Gladstoneįormidable woman staring out at you from underneath a giant, horned emerald space helmet? Please tell me more. ![]() Her first choice for artist, Noah Saterstrom, delivered the art that would become this gorgeous, richly colored cover. She didn’t want a house-she wanted that to exist in the reader’s imagination-but she thought it would be wonderful to have it feature the portrait of 9-year-old protagonist Maeve, an object that is important within the novel. ![]() She said: “Book jackets are like your birthday.” A week before, you insist you don’t know what you want to a friend and say you don’t want anything, “and when that person gives you nothing, and you go to bed on your birthday hurt and bitter, it’s only your own fault.” So she fought for her version of the cover. I saw Patchett speak in Chicago shortly after her new novel’s release. Susie Dumond The Dutch House by Ann Patchett ![]()
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