Category Archives: Books

Time to Judge a Book by its Cover

Posted on September 14, 2016 by paganmeghan

There is no part of getting my work published that isn’t exciting, but lately two things have really brought it home for me. I got a package in the mail that I assumed was just another thing I had ordered … Continue reading →

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S E Q U E L

Posted on March 14, 2016 by paganmeghan

https://twitter.com/megelison/status/695073716284207104 I have been sitting on some good news for a while now and it took a lot of effort not to explode and just TELL EVERYONE all the time. But I made it. The deal is done. The sequel … Continue reading →

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Starhawk’s of City of Refuge: the Fading Magic of Nostalgia

Posted on January 6, 2016 by paganmeghan

This year, Starhawk’s “City of Refuge” was the gift I bought myself. I backed the Kickstarter and couldn’t wait for it to show up. Getting the third book in this series brought a lot of things full circle for me. … Continue reading →

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LA Review of Books Raves about TBOTUM

Posted on May 30, 2015 by paganmeghan

From the front page of the L.A. Review of Books: “In 2015, Elison’s novel won the Philip K. Dick Award, in part because it offers an equally compelling — although markedly different — re-imagination of gender and sexual roles. Elison, … Continue reading →

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Palimpsest: the Most Beautiful Book I’ve Read in Ages

Posted on May 21, 2015 by paganmeghan

One of the shittiest things about growing up (and there are a great many shitty things about growing up) is the forfeiture of your magical inheritance. As a child, your passport got you stamped into the Shire, into Fantasia, into … Continue reading →

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NorWesCon 38: a Glorious Blur

Posted on April 29, 2015 by paganmeghan

Memory is the ghost of time trapped in meat and it doesn’t always work. It works even less when the meat is excited. First, an old friend. I was met at the hotel by my friend Julian. I have moved … Continue reading →

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SoCal Book Tour

Posted on April 15, 2015 by paganmeghan

Traveling is both the privilege and the curse of a writer’s life. I spent the the end of March driving all over Southern California, some time in LA followed by a long stint in the Inland Empire. I did three … Continue reading →

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Atlanta Burns: Like a house on fire

Posted on February 7, 2015 by paganmeghan

I get really excited about a book that gets me to read a genre I usually don’t like, and makes me love somebody in the process. I don’t usually like noir, although if the secondary genre of this book is … Continue reading →

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Philip K. Dick Award Finalist

Posted on January 10, 2015 by paganmeghan

My debut novel, THE BOOK OF THE UNNAMED MIDWIFE, is on the shortlist for the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award. This is the coolest thing that has ever happened to me. I don’t know who nominated me, but I’m so … Continue reading →

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Fat Vampire: What the hell was that?

Posted on December 31, 2014 by paganmeghan

It’s been a long time since I’ve been fooled like this. Authors generally suck at concealing where they’re going. They telegraph their intentions through tropes and foreshadowing and I am hardly ever surprised. Fat Vampire is full of surprises. Fat … Continue reading →

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