Once There Was … an Interview with Kiyash Monsef!

Heaven help you if you want to make a fantasy novel for kids these days. I’m not saying it’s a bad time to get published. I’m saying it’s almost too good a time! Can you imagine trying to come up with an original idea in this era? Seems I can’t turn around these days without a new fantasy novel cropping up here and there, and they all just sort of . . . blend after a while.

You know a book that doesn’t blend? A book by debut author Kiyash Monsef. He’s got a fantasy novel out as of right now c...