Special guest episode!
The dragons are delighted to welcome urban fantasy author, Heather G Harris, to the show this week. Heather is the author of the wildly popular Other Realm and Other Wolf series, and her British set UF is packed with humour, unusual creatures and great characters, which makes her the perfect person to join this week's discussion. (As well as a chat about her books and hints about forthcoming projects.)
Urban fantasy is something of an umbrella term and can include different micro genres depending on who's doing the categorising. For the purposes of this episode, UF is fantasy set against the backdrop of the mundane modern world as we know it. One of the interesting aspects of the genre is the slightly different flavour UK and Irish UF has in comparison to US UF. Considering the similarities between the UK and her cousins across the pond, what's at the root of this? Is there a real difference? And if so, what differences have we noticed? (Hint: yes there is the tea aspect. But it's not just the tea...) Join Jules, Madeleine and their guest as they tackle this topic and discuss some of their favourite Indie UF writers.
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