{"id":26823,"date":"2020-05-28T09:51:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T13:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=26823"},"modified":"2020-05-28T09:51:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T13:51:45","slug":"justina-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/28\/justina-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Join New York Times<\/em> best-selling novelist Justina Ireland on Episode 122 of Eating the Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once upon a time, I had a wonderful Persian lunch with Justina Ireland<\/a> at Orchard Market & Cafe outside of Baltimore. The food was delicious, and the conversation on which you were meant to eavesdrop was delightful. Unfortunately, after that, things did not go as planned.<\/p>\n

If you want to know what I mean by that, check out our chat on the latest episode of Eating the Fantastic.<\/p>\n

Justina Ireland<\/a> is the author of the New York Times<\/em> best-selling novel Dread Nation<\/em>, as well as the recently published sequel Dark Divide<\/em>. She’s a World Fantasy Award-winner for her former role as the co-editor in chief of FIYAH Literary Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction<\/em>. She also written Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon: Lando’s Luck<\/em>, several novels in the middle grade fantasy series Devils\u2019 Pass<\/em>, including Evie Allen vs. the Quiz Bowl Zombies<\/em> and Zach Lopez vs. the Unicorns of Doom<\/em>, and many more. Vulture<\/em> has called her “the most controversial figure in young-adult literature.”<\/p>\n

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We discussed whether having written zombie novels has helped her deal with the pandemic, her biggest pet peeve when she hears other writers talk about writing, where she falls in the fast vs. slow zombies debate (and how she’s managed to have the best of both worlds), our very different reasons for not having read Harry Potter<\/em>, the way she avoided sequelitis in Dark Divide<\/em>, what it was like playing in the Star Wars<\/em> sandbox, why it’s easier to lie when writing from a first person point of view, the franchise character she most wishes she could write a novel about, the main difference between science fiction and YA communities, how Law & Order<\/em> gives comfort during these trying times, and much more.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how you can eavesdrop on our conversation — <\/p>\n

1) Subscribe at Apple Podcasts<\/a> \u2014 where I hope you’ll be tempted to download a few of the 121 previous episodes.<\/p>\n

2) Listen using the RSS feed of http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss<\/a> on the device of your choice.<\/p>\n

3) Or check it out via the embed below.<\/p>\n