ADRIAN PHOENIX Urban Fantasy Author

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“What was that all about?”

“Nothing much. Ass kissing denied. Harsh punishment threatened. The usual.”

—Heather’s question to Dante and his answer in A Rush of Wings.

Podcast on Seattle Geekly

Jul 20, 2010 | News and Announcements

I had a great chat with Matt and Shannon of Seattle Geekly.com as they put together a podcast featuring female authors including Marjorie M. Liu, Jessica Slade, Mira Grant, Seanan McGuire, Jennifer Brozek, and myself. Take a listen . .... read more

July Featured Read on BN.com

Jul 20, 2010 | News and Announcements

Couchemar by C.C. Adcock I’m very excited about BLACK DUST MAMBO being a July featured read in BN.com’s Paranormal & Urban Fantasy book club. Feel free to drop by and post your comments or ask a question. Membership is free and there are a ton of good books and reading recommendations in the book club. Also, please check out Paul Goat Allen’s (book club moderator and reviewer) incredible review of BLACK DUST MAMBO and my career (thus far)! Here’s the opening: “Even after almost 20 years as a genre fiction book reviewer, I’m still surprised—shocked—by how many mediocre writers hit it big while other singularly brilliant novelists wallow in obscurity. For example, in urban fantasy the most underrated writer is unarguably Adrian Phoenix, author of one of the coolest, thematically deepest, and most wildly entertaining series ever written in the genre: The Maker’s Song (A Rush of Wings, In the Blood, Beneath the Skin, and the forthcoming Etched in Bone), which features vampire goth rock star Dante Baptiste and former FBI special agent Heather Wallace.” Read the... read more