Ana Paula Bassi
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Marie Brennan:
I love dragons and the way you wrote the Memoirs of Lady Trent. Thank you so much. I'm reading the forth book right now and wanted to know how was your inspiration for wrinting these books? I'm also a veterinarian especializing in large animal medicine and if dragons existed I would be the one trying to reach to them. So these books speak to me in so many levels I can't begin to describe, Thank you so much!
Marie Brennan
Hi Ana,
The inspiration came from two things: a Dragonology calendar (like a field guide to different dragons) and the D&D sourcebook Draconomicon (which had information on the life cycles of dragons, beautiful anatomical drawings from Todd Lockwood, etc). Together those gave me the idea for a field biologist studying dragons. I'm glad you enjoyed the books so much!
--Marie
The inspiration came from two things: a Dragonology calendar (like a field guide to different dragons) and the D&D sourcebook Draconomicon (which had information on the life cycles of dragons, beautiful anatomical drawings from Todd Lockwood, etc). Together those gave me the idea for a field biologist studying dragons. I'm glad you enjoyed the books so much!
--Marie
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Marie Brennan:
I loved loved loved the entire Lady Trent world. Audrey was a spitfire and an amazing addition to Lady Trent's story. I also read your short fiction "The Long Fall." So what do you think? Do Audrey and Aaron get together after all, years in the future? He's still at the Sanctuary 10 years after the Audrey's book, with the newly updated text. Is it enough of an olive branch for them to get a chance as older adults?
Shirley Moulton
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Marie Brennan:
Private question: I just joined Goodreads as a children's books author and noticed a "Thank You" pop up from you! (I really liked your books and rated a couple of them. I will add the rest!) How were you able to send a "Thank You" like that? I really loved your fresh story, I like dragons, I liked the setting, and I liked how there wasn't any graphic violence or graphic sex. You audio book narrator was PERFECT!
Naomi G Rivkis
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Marie Brennan:
Do you know (even if Lady Trent won't ever have occasion to talk about it much) the religious history of your world, that led to a schism between pseudo-Jewish Sadducic and Pharisaic origins? Does it basically parallel the Catholic/Protestant schism in our world's Renaissance, or did it happen a different way and at a different time? Or did you never figure out the details, even in your own head?
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