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Three questions with Alaya Johnson, author of Moonshine

I reviewed Alaya Johnson’s new novel Moonshine here. Alaya was also kind enough to answer some questions about the book. When you and I first discussed Moonshine back in 2009, I got the sense that it would be a much darker book than it turned out to be. Did the tone change, or did I just project my own atmosphere … Read More

Review: a vampire suffragette in Alaya Johnson’s Moonshine

I first heard about Moonshine when I was on a 2009 convention panel with its author, Alaya Johnson. The central conceit–in 1920s New York, a woman battles for the rights of vampires much as other suffragettes stood up for women and immigrants–fascinated me. My own vampire novels, Blood Groove and The Girls with Games of Blood, also draw parallels between … Read More

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