Author Appreciation Week was started by the lovely Heidi R. Kling, author of the upcoming awesome novel Sea (And Sarah from Novel Novice made the awesome banner). Author Appreciation Week runs from March 15-19, and basically anyone who wants to can post about authors that they, you know, appreciate.
Yesterday I wrote about Elizabeth Scott and Courtney Summers, and today I wrote about Cindy Pon and now the lovely Julie Kagawa (yes, you all be subjected to 2 of these posts daily this week. enjoy~).
There are so very many reasons as to why Julie is awesome, but we'll start with the obvious: her book rocks. The Iron King is about faeries, something that everyone has read about probably numerous times. The faery thing has been done a million times in a million different ways, but The Iron King still stands out because it's more fantasy and magical than edgy. It's more fun and full of humourous characters instead of ~edgy~ ones. I definitely appreciate that she created the awesome character of Grimalkin, a chesire-like cat, and Puck, who is just fantastic and way better than Ash.
Other reasons why I appreciate Julie include:
- She introduced me to all sorts of...lovely, interesting, bizarre 80s fantasy movies like Labyrinth.
- She always has awesome stories to tell, like about how one time she met Orlando Bloom and he told her that he liked her dog!*
- Her obsession with sushi is entertaining, but also slightly painful when it encourages you to try a piece of tuna sushi (ew).
- She likes puppies, therefore she is awesome.
- I loved her book so much that I find the need to pester her about the sequel often with my buddy Gail. And she is strong enough not to crack and give us info. (:[)
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