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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Ian McDonald and his book Time Was

    Entrevista con un autor: Ian McDonald

    Ian McDonald nació en 1960 en Mánchester, Inglaterra, de madre irlandesa y padre escocés. Se mudó con su familia a Irlanda del Norte en 1965. Ha ganado el Premio Locus, el Premio de la Asociación…

  • Photo of author C.L. Polk  and her book Witchmark

    Entrevista con un autor: CL Polk

    CL Polk escribió su primer cuento en primaria y aún no ha aprendido nada mejor. Tras pasar años en ocupaciones extrañas y vagando por el oeste de Canadá, se estableció en el sur de Alberta con su…

  • John Kessel and his book Pride and Prometheus

    Entrevista con un autor: John Kessel

    John Kessel es licenciado en Física e Inglés y doctor en Literatura Estadounidense. Ayudó a fundar y fue el primer director del programa de Maestría en Bellas Artes en Escritura Creativa de la…

  • Linda Addison and her award winning book

    Entrevista con una autora: Linda Addison

    Linda Addison es una poeta y autora galardonada que escribe en los géneros de fantasía, terror y ciencia ficción. En 2001, se convirtió en la primera escritora afroamericana en ganar un Premio Bram…

  • Sarah Kendzior: the view from flyover country

    Entrevista con una autora: Sarah Kendzior

    Sarah Kendzior es escritora, periodista e investigadora y ha estudiado los estados autoritarios en Asia Central. Fue columnista de Al Jazeera English y se le atribuye ser una de las primeras en…

  • photo of author Carter Wilson and his book

    Entrevista con un autor: Carter Wilson

    Carter Wilson es un autor galardonado y superventas especializado en thrillers domésticos llenos de tensión, paranoia y terror psicológico. Recientemente aceptó ser entrevistado por Daryl Maxwell para…

  • left side of graphic is the book cover of Barbary Station. right side of graphic is a photograph of the author

    Entrevista con un autor: RE Stearns

    RE Stearns escribió su primer cuento en una computadora Apple IIe y todavía extraña un poco el texto verde en una pantalla negra. Continuó molestando a todos sus profesores leyendo libros mientras…

  • graphic on leftside is the book cover of Mr. Dickens and His Carol and right side is a photograph of Samantha Silva

    Entrevista con una autora: Samantha Silva

    Samantha Silva es autora y guionista, radicada en Idaho. Se graduó de la Escuela de Estudios Internacionales Avanzados de la Universidad Johns Hopkins, donde estudió en Bolonia, Italia, y Washington…

  • an image of the Kill Creek book cover and the left side, and the right side a black and white photograph of the author Scott Thomas.

    Entrevista con un autor: Scott Thomas

    Originario de Coffeyville, Kansas, Scott Thomas estudió en la Universidad de Kansas, donde se licenció en Inglés y Cine. Es cocreador y productor ejecutivo de "Best Friends Whenever" de Disney Channel…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for Hell Bent

    Hell Bent

    • By: Bardugo, Leigh
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    At the end of Ninth House, Galaxy “Alex” Stern solved the mystery of who killed Tara Hutchins and why, uncovering a conspiracy that involved some of the highest offices of Yale University and several of their “secret societies.” At the end of the novel, Darlington, Alex’s advisor in Lethe, the “ninth...
  • Cover image for The Motion Picture Teller

    The Motion Picture Teller

    • By: Cotterill, Colin
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Supot Yongjaiyut knows he is not living his best life. The year is 1996 and Supot lives in Bangkok. During the day, he works for the Royal Thai Mail Service, a job he loathes and for which he knows he has no aptitude. When he’s not at work, he spends...
  • Cover image for Weyward: A Novel

    Weyward: A Novel

    • By: Hart, Emilia
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    “The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”  From: On Lies, Secrets, and Silence by Adrienne RichAltha is a 21-year-old woman who, in 1619, is accused of, and tried for, witchcraft in her small English village. She is a...
  • Cover image for Stone Blind

    Stone Blind

    • By: Haynes, Natalie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    "I only see them for an instant. Then they're gone. But it's enough. Enough to know that the hero isn't the one who's kind or brave or loyal. Sometimes -- not always, but sometimes -- he is monstrous. And the monster? Who is she? She is what happens when someone...
  • Cover image for The Getaway

    The Getaway

    • By: Giles, Lamar
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Karloff Country is a marvel. Modeled on Walt Disney World in Florida, Karloff Country is a slightly smaller theme park/resort complex with a similar number of theme parks as Walt Disney World, but also includes: planned communities for all of its employees, a power plant, vertical farms to provide the...
  • Cover image for Paperback Jack

    Paperback Jack

    • By: Estleman, Loren D.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The year is 1946. WWII has ended and Jacob Heppleman is one of the many veterans returning home from the European conflict. For Jacob, home is New York City. Before the war, he wrote detective, western, and war stories for the pulp magazines. He even published a novel that was...
  • Cover image for Neom

    Neom

    • By: Tidhar, Lavie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A sprawling metropolis on the edge of the Red Sea that is simultaneously a playground of the wealthy and a struggle for the poor. A woman working multiple jobs to survive because she isn’t rich in a place that isn’t kind to someone without money. A young boy, alone in...
  • Cover image for Gallant

    Gallant

    • By: Schwab, Victoria
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Olivia Prior has lived at Merilance since she was two years old. While Merilance calls itself a school, the truth is that it is closer to an asylum, a prison. It is a place where girls and young women who are not wanted are sent when they have nowhere else...
  • Cover image for Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    • By: McAllister, Gillian
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It is a given that, in most mystery novels, someone dies. The death occurs either before, or shortly after, the novel begins. The bulk of the narrative will explore how or why someone died. In her new novel, Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Gillian McAllister finds a new way to approach...