Old Sorcery, New Edge: Q&A with Molly Tanzer

Jirel of Joiry by Sasha Durdevic

Molly Tanzer is an award-winning American novelist, short story writer and editor with a gift for combining historical fact with fantastical fiction. Reviving an iconic sword and sorcery heroine eighty-five years after her last outing, Molly is now continuing the adventures of the first lady of heroic fantasy in the pages of New Edge Sword & Sorcery.

Jirel of Joiry first appeared in the delirious 1934 short Black God’s Kiss by Catherine L. Moore. The flame-haired w...