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inflatable gargoyle So, as per usual, at Boskone, I met lots of cool people and learned about lots of great books to check out. This is at best a partial list, based on my faulty memory and what notes I managed to jot down. (Some of these I’ve read already; some I have not.)

People who were there:

Cerece Rennie Murphy — Check out her Order of the Seers.
Tui Sutherland — Wings of Fire series! Also The Menagerie series, set in Wyoming, written together with her sister Kari Sutherland.
Hillary Monahan — writes both YA and horror; also uses pseudonym Eva Darrows (Dead Little Mean Girl)
Carlos Hernandez — The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria
Stephen P. Kelner Jr. — wrote Motivate Your Writing
Brianna Spacekat Wu — head of development for Giant Spacekat game company; currently running for Congress
E. C. Ambrose — The Dark Apostle series (book 5 just came out)
Sarah Beth Durst — Journey Across the Hidden Islands and The Queen of Blood
Ken Altabef — Alaana’s Way series
Jeremy Flagg — Suburban Zombie High (which sounds fun) and the Children of Nostradamus series (superheroes!)
Lauren Roy — Loved her Night Owls books (even if I flubbed the name when I mentioned it to her); haven’t read her YA yet
Michael Stearns — Blood Guard series (written as Carter Roy)
Robert B. Finegold M.D — upcoming urban fantasy including magic affinity based on genetic heritage, Kabbalah, etc. (Described it as “Dresden as written by Harry Kemelman”)
William Hayashi — The Darkside Trilogy (about African Americans living on the dark side of the moon before Neil Armstrong ever sets foot there) and The Genesis Science Fiction Radio Show
Susan Jane Bigelow — The Extrahuman Union series
Leigh Perry — Family Skeleton series
Juliana Spink Mills — Heart Blade (book 1 of Blade Hunt Chronicles)
Margaret Ronald — the Hunt series (urban fantasy set in Boston)

Books that were recommended:

Shadowshaper and Ghost Girl in the Corner by Daniel José Older
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
On the Edge of Gone dystopia by Corinne Duyvis
Bright by Ines Johnson
Anything by Rainbow Rowell
Tim Powers
Andrew Vachss
Charles de Lint
InCryptid series recommended at one panel; October Day series at another by Seanan McGuire
China Miéville
Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews
Nightside series by Simon R. Green
The Bookmobile Cat Mystery series by Laurie Cass
The Magical Cats Mystery series by Sophie Kelly
Regency romances by Juliet Quinn
Birthmark Trilogy by Caragh O’Brien
Mapmaker’s Trilogy by S. E. Grove
Atolia series by Megan Whelan Turner
Star of the Guardians series by Margaret Weis

And, of course, what I should have recommended when asked about short fiction and other authors:

Feel free to add your own recommendations in the comments!

Edits because I am forgetful and a bad friend (No, I know that’s not what she meant):

L.J. Cohen, a wonderful friend, excellent potter, and brilliant author. Check out her Halcyone series (SF) or Future Tense (YA)
John P. Murphy, whose novella “The Liar” just landed on the Nebula ballot
Bonnie Schutzman, friend extraordinaire, and author of Bad Fairies, a lovely paranormal romance set in Boston, under the name Alice M. Cole

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