A Guest Post by Rowena Cory Daniells: “Fantasy, the Poor Cousin of Science Fiction”

Introduction:

I have been hearing the name of Rowena Cory Daniells for some time now, as one of the exciting new authors of speculative fiction to emerge out of Australia over the past few years. The Chronicles of King Rolen’s Kin was released in 2010. Her new trilogy The Outcast Chronicles (Solaris) is being published in August, September and October of this year.

But Rowena is no newcomer to speculative fiction: she has been actively involved since 1976 when she jointly set up small press pub...