An interview with Ann Leckie

As you may know, I really loved Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice--loved it so much that I wanted to get Ann in a room and talk with her for at least 36 hours about ALL THE THINGS the book made me think about. That's not possible, but Ann *did* let me send her a bunch of interview questions, which she's kindly answered.

Because your main character, Breq, comes from a society that doesn’t distinguish gender, she uses female pronouns for everyone she encounters. This affects our initial images and...