Tucson Festival of Books

Worlds Adjacent


Alisa Alering, Amal El-Mohtar, and Seanan McGuire discuss crafting tales where magic seeps through the cracks of reality, blurring the boundaries between the mundane and extraordinary. Delve into their creative processes and how they integrate folklore and nature into their contemporary narratives.


Panelists
Alisa Alering

Alisa Alering is the author of the novel "Smothermoss," an Appalachian gothic that the New York Times Book Review calls "deliciously weird...a compulsive journey through a wild, unknowable landscape and the wilder hearts of young girls....

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Amal El-Mohtar

Amal El-Mohtar is a Hugo Award-winning author of science fiction, fantasy, poetry and criticism, and the co-author of the New York Times bestseller "This is How You Lose the Time War," written with Max Gladstone, which has been translated into over ten languages....

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Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire has written more than 20 books since debuting with "Rosemary and Rue" in 2009. She uses the pen names Mira Grant to write science fiction-horror books and Deborah Baker to write the Up and Under children's fantasy series....

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Books:
Smothermoss
Alisa Alering
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Tin House Books, LLC
January 2024
ISBN 9781959030584
264 pages
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The River Has Roots
Amal El-Mohtar
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Tor Publishing Group
March 2025
ISBN 9781250341082
144 pages
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Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear
Seanan McGuire
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Tor Publishing Group
January 2025
ISBN 9781250848338
160 pages
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