SCORPICA is an absolute steal!

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Hey! Hey hey! Been wanting to wander into the Five Queendoms? You have an excellent opportunity for a limited time (how limited? I honestly have no idea!) to nab the e-book on any platform for the low, low (seriously low) price of $1.99.

Buy it wherever you love e-reading! Here are a few handy-dandy link options to use:

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Apple Books

Kobo

chatting with Kate Quinn about The Astral Library!

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Kate Quinn’s fabulous new book The Astral Library came out this spring, and it was a huge, huge honor to interview her for WGBH about her foray into the world of fantasy. A few lucky attendees got to hear our conversation in person, but for those of you who didn’t, great news! You can see the whole video on the GBH site here.

(If you’ve read the book, you know why it holds a special place in my heart, right? And if you haven’t… you’ll find out in the interview.)

Watch us talk about genre pivots, loving libraries, and much, much more here: Beyond the Page.

All about moms for Mother's Day!

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One of the things I loved best about writing a huge cast of female characters in the Five Queendoms series was the opportunity to show that there are a near-infinite variety of ways to be a mother. Happy Mother’s Day to all you moms and children of moms out there.

And for more mom-related content, check out this list I put together of Five SFF Books Featuring Memorable Mothers for Culturefly.

Or click here!

a rave for SESTIA from Publishers Weekly!

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It’s the fifth day of the fifth month, so what better day to talk Five Queendoms?

Thrilled to see that Publishers Weekly loved Sestia, saying “Balancing character development and worldbuilding can be a difficult task, but Macallister handles it with ease” (what a compliment!) They also call the book “a multifaceted epic” and “a worthy finale.” Yay!

You can read the full review here.

The Five Queendoms in the spotlight at Fangirlish!

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Lots of fun new things have been happening and I know I’m terribly behind on updating you all, so here’s a little tidbit for starters. Loved seeing Scorpica (and really the whole Five Queendoms series) highlighted at Fangirlish as fantasy they’d love to see on TV!

This series (with two books currently published and more planned) feels made for a lengthy TV show. Its complicated, morally-gray characters are cast across several locations and storylines, which occasionally intersect and then diverge again. Both brutal and beautiful, it’s a vibrant, cinematic, and complex world that seems like a natural fit for a long-running adaptation.


Obviously, I agree!

Read the whole piece here.

ARCA is now out in paperback!

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Hi there! Have you been waiting for the second book in the Five Queendoms series to become available in a soft-sided edition instead of the big ol’ chunky hardcover doorstop? Wait no more! It’s still chunky, but a bit less so. And still, thanks to Victo Ngai’s illustration on the cover, absolutely gorgeous.

In honor of the big day, I’m reposting one of my favorite interviews, the one that goes soooo in-depth on all things Five Queendoms. It’s a great read whether or not you’ve read Arca or the first novel in the series, Scorpica.

Read the fabulous Paste Magazine interview that calls the Five Queendoms “the best feminist fantasy series you probably haven’t read yet” by clicking here.

ARCA launching at Wellesley Books on March 7!

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ARCA is soooooo close to here! It comes out on Tuesday, March 7, and I can’t wait to have the next installment of the Five Queendoms saga out in the world.

If you’re in the Boston area, I’d love to see you at Wellesley Books on Tuesday, where I’ll be in conversation with Amanda Foody and C.L. Herman, authors of All of Us Villains. March 7 at 7pm, easy to remember.

Tickets are required to attend, so please get yours here!