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Juliet E. McKenna

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Juliet E McKenna is a British fantasy author living in the Cotswolds, UK. Loving history, myth and other worlds since she first learned to read, she has written fifteen epic fantasy novels so far. Her debut, The Thief’s Gamble, began The Tales of Einarinn in 1999, followed by The Aldabreshin Compass sequence, The Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution, and The Hadrumal Crisis trilogy. The Green Man’s Heir was her first modern fantasy inspired by British folklore in 2018. The Green Man’s Quarry in 2023 was the sixth title in this ongoing series and won the BSFA Award for Best Novel. The seventh book, in 2024, is The Green Man’s War.

Her 2023 novel The Cleaving is a female-centred retelling of the story of King Arthur, while her shorter fiction ...more

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Good evening Ms McKenna, Do you have any plans to regale us with some more tales from Einarinn? I for one would be mucho delighted if that was the case. Much obliged.

Juliet E. McKenna I'd love to do that. The question is what's the best way for me to get those stories to keen readers? And do you folks want more short fiction or some…moreI'd love to do that. The question is what's the best way for me to get those stories to keen readers? And do you folks want more short fiction or some new novels?

No mainstream publisher is going to pick up a new novel series set in that world just at the moment. But if I'm going to keep writing full time, I really could do with a mass-market contract...

Would enough people be keen on say, a novel where we find out what's been happening in the Ice Islands, and over on Kellarin, to make self-publishing an ebook/PoD edition worthwhile? Maybe looking in more detail as the Sheltya and the Mountain society? I'd certainly like to write that.

There is a new Einarinn short story in the 'Journeys' anthology coming out next month, and I really enjoyed writing that. So I am certainly thinking about writing some more short fiction in that world this year.

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I have only read one of the four series that take place in the world of Lescar but I am looking to read the rest. My question is if there is any particular order that I should have been reading them in?

Juliet E. McKenna There is an underlying timeline that runs through all the novels, from The Thief's Gamble and the Tales series, through Southern Fire and the Aldabres…moreThere is an underlying timeline that runs through all the novels, from The Thief's Gamble and the Tales series, through Southern Fire and the Aldabreshin Compass, on to Irons in the Fire and the Lescari Revolution, followed by Dangerous Waters and The Hadrumal Crisis.

That said - knowing how daunting I find it as a reader myself, when I see the latest in an umpty book series which looks good, but I cannot imagine where I'd find the time to catch up - I have worked hard to make all these separate series sufficiently stand alone that you can read one without having read the others. To give new readers a fresh entry point into this world with each of these four stories. At the same time, established readers have their own fun seeing what's going on with characters they've already met.

So take a look at the overviews of each series over on my website and see what you fancy reading next, as far as I am concerned :) (less)

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	The Thief's Gamble (The Tales of Einarinn, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 1,950 ratings — published 1999 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Man's Heir (Green Man, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 1,698 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Swordsman's Oath (The Tales of Einarinn, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 906 ratings — published 1999 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Man's Foe (Green Man, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 668 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gambler's Fortune (The Tales of Einarinn, #3) 3.77 avg rating — 678 ratings — published 2000 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Man's Silence (Green Man, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 525 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Warrior's Bond (The Tales of Einarinn, #4) 3.86 avg rating — 564 ratings — published 2001 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Assassin's Edge (The Tales of Einarinn, #5) 3.90 avg rating — 492 ratings — published 2002 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Man's Challenge (Green Man, #4) 4.32 avg rating — 425 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Man's Gift (Green Man, #5) 4.34 avg rating — 363 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Juliet E. McKenna

Green Man (9 books)
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Juliet E. McKenna (Goodreads Author)

4.14 avg rating — 4,795 ratings

The Tales of Einarinn (5 books)
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3.77 avg rating — 4,640 ratings

Die Welt von Einarinn (6 books)
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Juliet E. McKenna (Goodreads Author),

Irmhild Seeland (Translator)

3.75 avg rating — 4,098 ratings

The Aldabreshin Compass (4 books)
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3.84 avg rating — 656 ratings

The Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution (3 books)
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3.73 avg rating — 300 ratings

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“The fire had scorched my leg as hairless as a high-priced whore’s but there were no burns,”
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