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Fiona Kai Avery
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About meFiona Avery is a writer. Her work ranges from prose to screenwriting, with everything in between. Previous television credits include work on Babylon 5, Crusade and Earth: Final Conflict. The foremost news magazine in the industry, Wizard Magazine has listed Fiona Avery in its exclusive Top Ten Creators list. She has worked on titles such as Spiderman, X-Men and won the Big Apple Award for Marvel Comic's Araña in 2005. In 2001, her short story Luring the Tiger Out of the Mountains earned an honorable mention in The Year's Best Science Fiction, published by St. Martin's Press. Her first novel, a historical tale, The Crown Rose, was published in May 2005 through Prometheus Books. Paul Di Filippo of the Washington Post says, “The Crown Rose is a rarity in the fantasy field, in that it's a stand-alone volume, completely self-contained, and also mainly a historical novel with a subtle yet integral thread of fantastical content. Both qualities raise it above the herd, as do Avery's pleasant, limpid style, attention to detail, ingenious plotting, deft character development and canny core conceit.”
About my libraryBooks are an enormous part of my life and I don't feel a room in any part of the house is complete or comfortable until it has its share of books. Books are some of my favorite companions. I prefer hardcover books to paperback when I can find them. I love rare volumes and have a precious few rare and first edition books in my collection. I have read all the fiction and poetry on my shelves. I don't believe in owning a book you haven't read unless it's on your to-do list. My non-fiction far outweighs my fiction shelf for a reason: I'm an author and pull from real life to write fiction. Others's passions and research are my inspirations. I have an archaeologist / historian's love of ancient documents, of old correspondence, and even of yesterday's paperwork. I'm also a huge proponent of social etiquette, kindness, and of course there are tons of books related to my favorite hobbies. Welcome to my shelves.
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posted by sonshi at 10:25 am (EST) on Jul 5, 2008
posted by sonshi at 9:52 pm (EST) on Jul 4, 2008
posted by fionagh at 8:30 pm (EST) on Jul 4, 2008
Did you hear about this story?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_comic_ar...
posted by sonshi at 8:11 pm (EST) on Jul 4, 2008
posted by fionagh at 6:09 pm (EST) on Apr 28, 2008
posted by sonshi at 9:20 pm (EST) on Apr 21, 2008
Indeed, I based the short story Luring the Tiger Out of the Mountains on the principle of that name. It's the example of: never fight the enemy on his own ground.
I wrote it for an anthology edited by Lou Anders (he's also on LibraryThing) entitled Outside the Box. It won an honorable mention in the Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy volume by Gardner Dozois at some point. And it is one of my most favorite short stories that I ever had the pleasure to write.
Many of my short stories and a lot of the scenes of warfare in my novels are either influenced by The Art of War, or ancient advice from the Hagakure, or the Sword of No Sword, or The Book of Five Rings; or often based on actual historical moments, such as King Louis crossing the river at the head of his army in The Crown Rose. He was the first French monarch to be so bold. Those moments are not only perfect textbook examples, but they hold such dramatic potential for narratives.
Some of my other stories based around martial stratagems and martial anecdotes can be found in my personal library at http://www.fionaavery.com/library/index.... The Hall of the Spring Wind and The Bandit, The Tea Master, The Samurai and Aesthetics. However, Luring the Tiger Out of the Mountains is still probably my favorite story of the three.
Thanks for asking!
Best regards,
Fiona
posted by fionagh at 7:59 pm (EST) on Apr 21, 2008
posted by sonshi at 7:35 pm (EST) on Apr 21, 2008
Sincerely,
Thomas
posted by sonshi at 6:57 pm (EST) on Apr 21, 2008
Congratulations and Best Wishes,
Lee
posted by leennnadine at 2:35 am (EST) on Feb 16, 2008
Glad to see you on LT. Hope you've been well and writing a lot.
Lee Whiteside
posted by leennnadine at 12:17 am (EST) on Jan 27, 2008
posted by fionagh at 5:58 pm (EST) on Jan 24, 2008
posted by DavidLouisEdelman at 9:11 pm (EST) on Jan 17, 2008