Kristi Chadwick

In these fantasy novels, hexologists track down a blackmailer, an auditor of magic investigates a dangerous ritual, and a 15-year-old ghostalker is caught in a locked-castle mystery.

Khaw and Kadrey create an excellent grim and gory tale that levels up urban fantasy in this series launch.

Myths and legends unfold in these forthcoming science fiction and fantasy titles, based on Beowulf, an old Chinese tale, and Greek and Nigerian mythology.

Valdes delivers with her epic worldbuilding and characterizations in this sharp and poignant novel that's the SFF highlight from the June issue.

A beguiling prince vanishes and Sleeping Beauty’s fairy godmother takes center stage in these mixed-up tales.

Witches, spaceships, and dragons appear in the most spellbinding and thrilling science fiction and fantasy books of 2022.

A veteran journalist, Denise Crittendon has been writing for so long that she sometimes wonders if she has ink in her blood. Her career includes two major metropolitan daily newspapers and stints as editor-in-chief of two magazines, one national and one based in her hometown, Detroit. Kristi Chadwick, LJ’s co-columnist for SFF, talks with her about writing, reading, and the SFF genre.

In the coming season, folklore, fairy tales, and ancient stories become new fantastic tales, while others speculate about the near and far future of life on Earth and beyond.

The “lesbian necromancers” are back! Or are they? Nona the Ninth, the third entry in Tamsyn Muir’s extremely popular “The Locked Tomb” series, publishes on Sept. 13, and offers a bit of a departure from the expected plot arc. Nona is a mysterious young woman who’s trying to figure out who she is, because six months ago she awoke in someone else’s body. LJ’s sf/fantasy columnist Kristi Chadwick talked with Muir—a best-selling author; winner of the Locus and Crawford awards; and Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Shirley Jackson nominee—about the series, her writing process, and what she’s reading right now.