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Nona Pelfrey
Nona Pelfrey asked Mark Lawrence:

If this question has been asked already I'm sorry for repeating it, but I'm new to your books and I'm curious. I would like to know where you got the name Nona for you character in the Book of the Ancestor series? I'm pretty sure it isn't a very common name and I would like to know because it also happens to be my name.

Mark Lawrence Like almost all the names in my books I just made it up on the spot. I didn't know it was a real name!
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I'd like to hear about your writing routine. Through the years of having a full-time job and raising children, how have you become disciplined enough to complete your manuscripts? Thanks, Daniel

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Simon Ellberger asked Mark Lawrence:

You have used the word "frostral" a few times in your work (e.g., in "Prince of Fools" and "Gunlaw"). I can't find the word anywhere in any dictionary or through an online search. What does it mean? Is it from some language other than English? Do you recall your source for it? As both a lover of words and of Mark Lawrence prose, I am intensely curious about it.

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Simon asked Mark Lawrence:

Hi Mark Considering your professional background why Fantasy and not Science Fiction?

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