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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Tim Mason and his first adult novel, The Darwin Affair

    Entrevista con un autor: Tim Mason

    Tim Mason es un dramaturgo cuya obra se ha representado en Nueva York y en todo el mundo. Entre los premios que ha recibido se encuentran el Premio del Centro Kennedy, el Premio Hollywood Drama-Logue…

  • Del Howison and his first novel, The Survival of Margaret Thomas

    Entrevista con un autor: Del Howison

    Del Howison es un editor, periodista, autor de ficción y actor galardonado. Ha sido nominado al Premio Bram Stoker en cuatro ocasiones (y lo ganó una vez), al Premio Black Quill en dos ocasiones, al…

  • Author Casey McQuiston and her first novel, Red, White & Royal Blue

    Entrevista con un autor: Casey McQuiston

    Casey McQuiston creció en los pantanos del sur de Luisiana, donde cultivó una pasión inquebrantable por las galletas de mantequilla y miel y las historias conmovedoras. Estudió periodismo y trabajó en…

  • Author Sarah Gailey and her novel, Magic For Liars

    Entrevista con una autora: Sarah Gailey

    Sarah Gailey, ganadora del premio Hugo, vive y trabaja en Los Ángeles, California. Sus obras de no ficción han sido publicadas por Mashable y el Boston Globe, y su ficción se ha publicado…

  • Kris Waldherr and her book

    Entrevista con un autor: Kris Waldherr

    Kris Waldherr es una autora, ilustradora y diseñadora galardonada. Es miembro de la Sociedad de Novela Histórica y su ficción ha recibido becas del Centro de Artes Creativas de Virginia y una beca de…

  • Seanan McGuire and her book Middlegame

    Entrevista con un autor: Seanan McGuire

    Seanan McGuire es la galardonada autora de las series de fantasía urbana October Daye, InCryptid y Wayward Children. Además, escribe ficción más oscura bajo el seudónimo de Mira Grant. Seanan vive en…

  • Author Yangsze Choo and her latest novel, Smoke and Summons

    Entrevista con un autor: Charlie Holmberg

    Charlie N. Holmberg se crio como trekkie junto a tres hermanas, que también tienen nombres de niño, en Salt Lake City, Utah. Toca el ukelele, tiene demasiados pares de gafas y finalmente adoptó un…

  • T.J. Martinson and his debut novel, The Reign of the Kingfisher

    Entrevista con un autor: TJ Martinson

    TJ Martinson creció a las afueras de Chicago. Obtuvo su maestría en estudios literarios en la Universidad del Este de Illinois y actualmente cursa un doctorado en la Universidad de Indiana en…

  • Anthony Horowitz and his latest Mystery series book, The Sentence is Death.

    Entrevista con un autor: Anthony Horowitz

    Anthony Horowitz es un prolífico periodista y escritor de televisión, además de autor de literatura juvenil y adulta. Los herederos de Doyle y Fleming le han encomendado escribir nuevas aventuras para…

  • Author Yangsze Choo and her latest novel, The Night Tiger

    Entrevista con un autor: Yangsze Choo

    Yangsze Choo es malaya de cuarta generación, de ascendencia china. Se graduó de la Universidad de Harvard y es autora de La Novia Fantasma, que Netflix está adaptando a una serie de televisión. Su…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Fragile Threads of Power

    The Fragile Threads of Power

    • By: Schwab, Victoria
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It’s been seven years since the events at the end of V.E. Schwab’s A Conjuring of Light. In Red London, Lila and Kell have been sailing the seas as privateers on her ship, the Grey Barron (They also secretly perform tasks for Red London’s crown.). Rhy Maresh, Kell’s brother, has...
  • Cover image for Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond

    Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond

    • By: Winkler, Henry, 1945-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Henry Winkler has worked as an actor, director, producer, and is the author of several series of children’s books. Now, with Being Henry, Winkler tells the story of his own life and it is a fascinating read.Winkler writes his memoir with charm and grace. He describes the difficulties that faced...
  • Cover image for Unnatural Ends

    Unnatural Ends

    • By: Huang, Christopher
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sir Lawrence Linwood, the Lord of Linwood Hollow and a tyrant of a father, is always pushing his adopted children to meet unreasonable demands. Three adult children, Alan, Roger, and Caroline, have escaped their father and their home, but not unscathed. When Sir Lawrence dies, his children return home, as...
  • Cover image for The Shadow Glass

    The Shadow Glass

    • By: Winning, Joshua
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The line between artistic genius and madness is razor fine and artists often madly dance along, and across, that line while they are working to manifest their vision. Jack’s father, Bob Corman, was no exception. Bob put everything he had into The Shadow Glass, an epic fantasy film done entirely...
  • Cover image for Midnight at the Houdini

    Midnight at the Houdini

    • By: Dawson, Delilah S.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, magic is: 1) the use of means (such as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces, and 2) the art of producing illusions by sleight of hand. In her new novel, Midnight at the Houdini, Delilah S. Dawson tells a tale filled...
  • Cover image for Kill Show

    Kill Show

    • By: Sweren-Becker, Daniel
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    What is it about true crime that fascinates us? Why, over a century later, are we still fascinated with the brutal murders of five women in the Whitechapel district of London? What draws people to the life and death of notorious bank robbers Bonnie & Clyde almost a century later...
  • Cover image for The Road to Roswell

    The Road to Roswell

    • By: Willis, Connie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    UFO, the mere mention of this acronym (unidentified flying object) conjures images of flying saucers and beings, ranging from short to tall, who are slender, with large dark eyes and green or gray colored skin. Sometimes they wear shiny silver jumpsuits!Since 1947, when debris from the crash of an unidentified...
  • Cover image for A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

    A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

    • By: Rather, Lina
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sarah has always known she is different. Her parents never missed an opportunity to remind her. They never faltered in telling her how she was one of the children being born in England who were monstrous, with claws, too many eyes, or mouths, or with fur, tales, or scales, or...
  • Cover image for Mister Magic : a novel

    Mister Magic : a novel

    • By: White, Kiersten
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Val has lived on the ranch for as long as she can remember. In fact, she has no memories of when she wasn’t living here, in rural Idaho, with her father. She teaches riding to the locals, but rarely leaves beyond supply runs to a local town. Her entire life...
  • Cover image for The circumference of the world

    The circumference of the world

    • By: Tidhar, Lavie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A mathematician, a rare book dealer, and a gangster search for a rare science fiction paperback named Lode Stars. They each have their reasons (some bordering on obsession) and their searches will cause their paths to cross, alter their destinies, and, quite possibly, transform our understanding of reality.  In his latest...