SFF Addicts Author Chat: P. Djèlí Clark (Part One)
Join host Adrian M. Gibson as he chats with award winning fantasy author Phenderson Djèlí Clark about his childhood, his writing journey, publishing, campy ’80s nostalgia, creative inspiration and much more. This is Part One of a two-part interview.
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About the Author:
Phenderson Djèlí Clark is the award winning and Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, and World Fantasy nominated author of the novel A Master of Djinn, and the novellas Ring Shout, The Black God’s Drums and The Haunting of Tram Car 015. His stories have appeared in online venues such as Tor.com, Daily Science Fiction, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Apex, Lightspeed, Fireside Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and in print anthologies including, Griots, Hidden Youth and Clockwork Cairo. He is a founding member of FIYAH Literary Magazine and an infrequent reviewer at Strange Horizons.
Find Phenderson on Instagram, Twitter, Amazon, Audible and his personal website https://pdjeliclark.com/.
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