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Picking Ken's Brain:  Interviews with Author Ken Scholes

Ken was interviewed in the March 2009 issue of Locus magazine.  You can get your hands on a copy postage free (save $3) or totally free with a one-year subscription.  For details, click here Read a preview of the interview.

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Ken and Tor Books editor Beth Meacham talk about the Psalms of Isaak in a promo for the upcoming Margins television series from Pixel Media.

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Ken chatted with The Lobster and The Canary in December 2009.  They asked six questions; he asked one back.

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BookBanter interviewed Ken at World Fantasy.  Listen to the interview (with reviews of Lamentation and Canticle) in Episode 21.  December 2009.

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Science and Society interviewed Ken again in October 2009.

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Ken talked about keeping ahead of the fear with Jeremy L. C. Jones in Issue #37 of Clarkesworld Magazine.  October 2009.

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Spencer Ellsworth interviewed Trailer Boy for Fantasy Magazine in September 2009.  They talk character and philosophy -- in Ken's books and beyond.

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Ken chatted with Shaun Farrell from Adventures in SciFi Publishing in August 2009.

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Jason Henninger talked with Ken about writing the Psalms of Isaak at Tor.com in June 2009.

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Brent Kellmer interviewed Ken for the Internet Review of Science Fiction in March 2009.

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Neth Space spoke with Ken about writing in general, Lamentation in particular, and much more.  March 2009.

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Number One Novels talked to Ken about his first novel experience in March 2009.

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Ken talked to writer pal Jay Lake about Lamentation.  See pictures from the video shoot here.

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Science and Society interviewed Ken in February 2009.

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The Fantasy Book Critic reviewed Lamentation and let Ken talk about making the transition to novels.  February 2009.

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Ken!  In French!  Interview translated for Elbakin.net in February 2009.

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Ken was interviewed for Pat's Fantasy Hotlist in January 2009.

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Alethea Kontis interviewed Ken for Ingram Library Services in January 2009.

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Suvudu.com asked Five Questions of Ken in December 2008.

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Ken was interviewed over at Blogging the Muse in August 2008.  See what he has to say about writing, life, business, and more!

News from the Named Lands and Beyond...

 

Announcing the debut of the breathtaking collaboration between Jen West Scholes and Ken Scholes:

Elizabeth Kathleen

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 Rachel Ann Scholes

July 28, 2009

 

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Lamentation was placed at the top of the 2010 Reading List for fantasy from the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA).  The Reading List annually recognizes the best books in eight genres, including fantasy, science fiction, romance, and more.

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Lamentation was chosen as the SF/Fantasy Novel of the Year by Paul Goat Allen.  (Canticle also made the Top Ten list at #5!)

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Both Lamentation and Canticle are nominated for a David Gemmell Legend Award for the Best Fantasy of 2009!

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Canticle is one of the featured genre books for October 2009 at the B&N Book Club forum.

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Ken spent a week guest-blogging with Kate Elliott at the Borders Blog.  They talked about writing, entertainment, twins, and their upcoming book tour!

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Tor.com has a behind-the-scenes look at how the cover for Canticle came to be.  Includes sketches of rejected cover designs, and commentary from artist Greg Manchess and Tor art director Irene Gallo.  March 2009.

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Lamentation is the featured genre book for March 2009 at the B&N Book Club forum.

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Damien Walter picked Ken as one of the next generation of sci-fi writers to watch in the Guardian in February 2009.

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Jay Lake wrote about Ken and Lamentation for Publishers Weekly in December 2008.

bulletKen's short story "Summer in Paris, Light from the Sky" made the Nebula Awards Preliminary Ballot in August 2008.
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Ken wrote an essay about his short story "The God Voices of Settlers' Rest" for Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show in August 2008.

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Jonathan Strahan picked Ken as one of the top genre writers to watch in SF Signal's Mind Meld in June 2008.

bulletThe Psalms of Issak begin:  Ken announces the sale of his series to Tor Books in October 2007.  What a rollercoaster ride it's been since then!

 

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